.Why did you choose your major?.I chose Vocal/Choral Music Education because I knew from my very first day of kindergarten that I was going to be a teacher, the question was always what I wanted to teach. In seventh grade I joined choir and ever since that day I have known that I was going to teach choir. I simply cannot imagine myself doing anything else. When did you realize that Lynchburg College was right for you?.I realized LC was right for me the day that I shadowed my friend (I attended his classes to make sure I liked the school). I walked in knowing maybe three people in the whole building and everyone was so welcoming and inviting that I left that day and realized that I had made several new friends and found a place that I could be myself and feel at home. This feeling was echoed the day that I auditioned and the professors were welcoming and answered all of my questions and laughed at my jokes. .
Major: Music Education — Vocal Education emphasis
“I chose vocal/choral music education because I knew from my very first day of kindergarten that I was going to be a teacher, the question was always what I wanted to teach. In seventh grade, I joined the choir and ever since that day, I have known that I was going to teach choir. I simply cannot imagine myself doing anything else.”
Alison Horton ’22 topped off her undergraduate career with a win at Lynchburg’s Concerto/Aria Competition, adding to her numerous academic awards: the 2022 M. Weldon Thompson Award, the Virginia Berger Award for Music Scholarship, and the Helen Wood Award for Music Performance. Unsurprisingly, the music program made her want to attend Lynchburg.
“I realized LC was right for me the day that I shadowed my friend (I attended his classes to make sure I liked the school). I walked in knowing maybe three people in the whole building and everyone was so welcoming and inviting that I left that day and realized that I had made several new friends and found a place where I could be myself and feel at home. This feeling was echoed the day that I auditioned and the professors were welcoming and answered all of my questions and laughed at my jokes,” she said.
Horton now teaches choir at E.C. Glass High School, just a stone’s throw from campus. Lynchburg, Horton said, is “unique because of its people and because of the Lynchburg experience — it’s all around [you]. It’s when we sing the ‘Alma Mater’ at a choir concert and alumni in the audience sing along. It’s when I see my first-year literature professor on the Dell and she greets me by name. It’s knowing that if I have a problem, I have a team of faculty that will greet me with open doors, ready to help me solve it.”
