Laura's Personal Timeline

By leblancl

  • Birth

    I was born in Iceland where my father was stationed

  • Moved to Maryland

  • Started Pre-K

  • Moved to Virginia

  • Camped 3 months at Solomons

  • Moved to San Diego, California

  • Started 5th grade Band

  • Started Middle School

  • Moved to Juneau, Alaska

  • Joined Alaska Youth Choir

  • Participated in the World of Children's Choirs Festival in Vancouver, BC

  • Started High School

  • Moved to the Pocono Mountains, PA

  • Saw Les Miserables on Broadway

  • Evita

  • Attended Summer Music Camp at Mansfield University

  • Started taking voice lessons

  • Monroe County Chorus Participant

  • Grease

  • Attended Summer Music Camp at Mansfield University (2nd year)

  • Monroe County Chorus Participant (2nd year)

  • Les Miserables

  • Graduated High School

  • Saw Wicked on Broadway

  • Started at Mansfield University

  • Became a sister of Tau Beta Sigma

  • Beauty and the Beast

  • Became a member of Concert Choir

  • Switched primary instrument from voice to trombone

  • Won Gold at the World Choir games in Gratz, Austria

  • My Favorite Year

  • Began Student Teaching at the Milton Hershey School

  • Graduated Mansfield University with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education

  • Began work on second teaching cert in Elementary Education (K-6)

  • Became a sister of Sigma Alpha Iota

  • Marching Band/Brass Band/WE to Paris/London for the Olympics

  • Hired at Centreville Middle School to teach 6-8 General Music and Choir

  • Began working with the Queen Anne's County High School Marching Band

  • Started online coursework for Penn State Masters program

  • First Music in the Parks trip as a director with the CMS choirs

  • Left job at CMS

  • Moved to State College, PA

  • Started on-campus at Penn State