If You Give It They Will come . . .
the Second Verse

Music In-Service II
Iringa, Tanzania

Last May, Judy and a number of Makumira students and faculty gave the first Music In-service (seminar) for choir directors in Tanzania. What a week it was, with choir directors from four dioceses in attendance. And it was only the first of five. Four more were scheduled for other parts of Tanzania, so as to make the experience available to the other 16 dioceses.

The first week of January saw the second Music In-Service -- this time held at Makumira's younger sister college, Iringa University College. Both Makumira and Iringa are campuses of Tumaini University, the national university of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. Here are some of the highlights:

The ELCT has many musicians, but very few trained musicians. Meet Jimson Sanga, one of the participants who "doubled" as a teacher. He is currently serving as the district musician for Iringa, and hopes to become a music teacher of the ELCT someday-- but first he needs to study for his BA in music. Jimson is a remarkably committed musician who has agreed to help us in future inservices.

30 participants from the southern zone of the ELCT and 4 teachers.

The teachers: Jimson Sanga (Iringa District Musician); Joas Kijugo (Ruhija Academy of Music and Theology); Rev. Andrew Kyomo (guest theologian from Tumaini- Makumira); and Judy Bangsund (Tumaini- Makumira). Obeid Mella (Tumaini- Iringa) is missing from this picture, as is Rev. Anne Schneider (Tumaini - Makumira) who taught part time.