CHRISTIANA HOWELL

Christiana is a choral conductor and lyric soprano. She also teaches private singing lessons to singers of all ages and abilities. 

Christiana holds degrees in music education, vocal performance, and choral conducting, and currently resides in London, UK. A choral conductor and singer, Christiana most recently completed a Master of Music in Choral Conducting at the University of Cambridge. Previously, she served on the music faculty at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School in Midland, PA for nine years, where she directed the middle school choir and opera workshop ensembles, gave private singing lessons, taught music literature and general music classes. She received her Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Vocal Performance degrees from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania and her Master of Music Education degree from Shenandoah University of Virginia. In 2008, She studied opera in Lucca, Italy as part of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music's Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca. Christiana has performed as a soloist with several regional orchestras in Mozart's Requiem and Regina Coeli, Handel's Messiah, Orff's Carmina Burana, Rutter's Requiem, and Faure's Requiem. Christiana is currently a member of the Selwyn College Choir, Cambridge, under the direction of Sarah MacDonald. She has also performed with King's Voices under the direction of Ben Parry, Clare College Choir directed by John Rutter, and the Cambridge University Chamber Choir directed by John Butt.