Chamber music coaching and other professional development seminars also are presented. Previous NOI participants have won positions with prestigious symphony orchestras around the world, in addition to pursuing careers as teachers and musicians in chamber music ensembles and military bands and orchestras. Annual Fourth of July Celebration Come join in the fun, with fireworks, music and food at the Annual Fourth of July Celebration, co-sponsored by the University of Maryland and the city of College Park. Children with learning problems, developmental delays, physical fitness and coordination problems, brain damage, mental retardation, emotional disturbances or orthopedic handicaps can benefit from the clinic. Children must be referred by professionals such as teachers, pediatricians, psychologists or therapists.
Motor development is the major area of concern.
Other programs available are language development and reading development. A parent education program runs in conjunction with children's sessions. Nine consecutive Saturday mornings during the fall and spring semesters. The university's Summer Reading Program is a five-week diagnostic instruction program for qualified students in grades one through 12, as well as an information seminar for parents. The program is conducted by Rose Marie Codling of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction's Reading Center.