Ching-Yi has accepted a seat on the Suzuki Association of Americas Board of Directors for a standard three-year term beginning August 1, 2021.
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Welcome to NOTES! This issue celebrates our accomplishments from Fall 2019 to Summer 2020!
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Welcome to the WKU Pre-College Strings Program newsletter for 2018–19!
As always, I take great pleasure in sharing with you news about our program and activities, giving you updates on the accomplishments of our students and faculty members, and celebrating with you the inspiring work of everyone involved in the program.
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Dr. Ching-Yi Lin is the recipient of both the 2018 Potter College of Arts & Letters Teaching Award and the 2018 University Teaching Award.
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Performance at National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan with Andrew Braddock (Western Kentucky University, viola), Hillary Herndon (University of Tennessee-Knoxville, viola), Shu-Ting Hsu (China University of Culture, violin), Jorge Variego (University of Tennessee-Knoxville, composer), and, Paul York (University of Louisville, cello).
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Welcome to the WKU Pre-College Strings Program newsletter! Click on READ MORE to read about our program and activities, on the many accomplishments of our students and faculty members, and to celebrate the inspiring work of everyone involved in the program.
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"By bridging the language barrier through music, WKU violin students and student volunteers from the WKU Pre-College Strings Program will be able to quickly find common ground from which to begin understanding and communicating with students from other countries." -Dr. Ching-Yi Lin
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Drs. Ching-Yi Lin and Zachary Lopes released their new CD entitled American Sonatas for Violin and Piano: Bolcom, Corigliano, Ives. It includes Charles Ives’ Sonata No. 2, William Bolcom’s Sonata No. 2, and John Corigliano’s Sonata.
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Dr. Ching-Yi Lin and Anna Darling (WKU Violin Performance Major) are the recipients of WKU's Faculty–Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Grant. In 2017, Dr. Lin supervised Anna on her trip to teach violin to children in Africa through the Daraja Music Initiative Program. The trip was fully funded by this grant.
Read MoreChing-Yi Lin was awarded Outstanding Educator of the Year 2017 by the Kentucky America String Teachers Association.
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Teaching the violin to children in Africa: DMI is a non-profit organization that provides grade-school students in Tanzania. In 2016, Lin initiated a beginner violin class in the Majengo Primary School. Click on READ MORE to watch a WBKO program about this project from A View from the Hill.
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Student Group Awarded Most Improved Student Chapter of the year
Chapter adviser: Dr. Ching-Yi Lin
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Violin Fest is geared towards bringing orchestra and private studio teachers, high school students, and college students to the WKU campus. Our guest faculty for Violin Fest 2015 was Mauricio Fuks, Professor of Music at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Click on READ MORE to watch a video of the 2015 Violin Fest from A View on the Hill.
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Alyna Bloecher, Dr. Lin's masters in pedagogy student from WKU, received the John D. Minton Award from WKU. This award recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of one graduate student throughout the university.
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