Jan. 26, 2004

CONTACT: Gordon Ovenshine (724) 738-4854; e-mail: gordon.ovenshine@sru.edu

SRU’S SARAH LIPNER ELECTED PRESIDENT OF

THE PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGIATE MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - Sarah Lipner, a senior music education major at Slippery Rock University, was elected as the 2003-2004 state president of the Pennsylvania Collegiate Music Educators Association at its convention. 

As president, the Pittsburgh native will oversee 36 colleges/universities in Pennsylvania, attend Pennsylvania Music Educators Association state board meetings, various conferences and write for the organization’s publications. 

“My position as president of PCMEA is giving me a chance to reach out and spread my love of music to my fellow peers all over the state,” says Lipner. 

A graduate of Taylor Allderdice High School, Lipner now serves as the assistant band director of her alma mater.  She is also the drum major of the Marching Pride (SRU’s marching band),  concertmaster of the SRU Symphony Orchestra and treasurer of Mu Phi Epsilon, the campus music honorary. She is studying the violin at SRU.

Lipner plans to graduate in December and then begin a career as a music educator.

--By Courtney Pack

PN