'I hope to empower': Meet music education lecturer LaSaundra Booth
By Kelly Kendall | Mar. 20
- LaSaundra Booth, a lecturer of music education at UNC, began playing the cello in the fourth grade and fell in love with it.
- She has since performed in a variety of symphonies and orchestras, and founded the Wake Forest Community Youth Orchestra, a nonprofit organization that provides instruments and musical training to over 350 children across three counties.
- “If there’s one word I’m taking into 2022, it’s 'empower,'" Booth said of her work. "I want to empower the next generation of teacher leaders.”