Summary
Work History
Education
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Accomplishments
Certification
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Christina Nehrling

Christina Nehrling

Longview,TX

Summary

Experienced music educator with over six years teaching voice and piano to children and adults in private, public, and Montessori settings. Passionate about inspiring students through engaging instruction, performance direction, and mentorship, drawing on a strong background in professional opera and musical theater.

Work History

Self-Employed Voice and Piano Instructor

Christina's Studio
06.1999 - 06.2018
  • Provide private lessons for beginning singers and pianists, focusing on technique, how to read music, interpretation, and musicality. Guide students to achieve personal musical growth, as well as major life goals, including winning competitions and college scholarships. Manage all aspects of running own business, including advertising, scheduling, bookkeeping, and pricing.

Substitute

Pine Tree Independent School District
02.2013 - 01.2018
  • Substitute Elementary, Intermediate, Middle School, Jr. High, or High School positions, whatever subject needed.

Music, Kindergarten to Grade 8

Karnack Independent School District
08.2015 - 06.2016
  • Provide music lessons, perform at Hispanic Heritage Concert, Veteran’s Day Concert, Thanksgiving Concert, Christmas Concert, including community outreach singing in nursing homes, hospitals

Music, Theatre Arts Instructor

East Texas Christian School
01.2011 - 05.2012
  • Provide music lessons and theatre arts classes. Taught classes and performed children’s musicals. Students also performed songs at the annual Open House.

Choir, Piano Lab

Forest Park Middle School
08.2007 - 06.2010
  • Instructed students grades 6-8 in voice and piano skills. Students competed in solo and ensemble competitions and won contests to perform in the Region Choir.

Music, Spanish, Motor Skills

Oak Forest Montessori School
08.2004 - 05.2007
  • Instructed children eighteen months to elementary in music, Spanish, and motor skills. Focused on musical concepts, Spanish vocabulary, and developing motor control. Produced a Christmas music program for kindergarten and elementary students in which students performed music at local banks and select children's hospitals and/or rehab centers. Also produced a Spring Program for parents at the kindergarten graduation ceremony, featuring a children's musical for kindergarten students, as well as songs sung by primary and elementary students.

Music Enrichment for Children/Piano Instructor

Studio-To-You
08.2002 - 05.2004
  • Traveled to local private schools and daycare centers to bring music lessons to the child while they are at school or daycare, thus saving the parent the trip of carrying the child to the instructor's home. Provided music classes for children, mostly ages three to six, in small groups, focusing on workbook activities, keyboard instruction, nursery rhyme songs, and rhythm games. Group lessons and private lessons taught to older students and adults, as well, focusing on keyboard and/or vocal training.

Education

Master of Arts in Teaching program -

Texas Woman's University
Denton, TX
05.2008

B.A. degree in Music - Voice

East Texas Baptist University
Marshall, TX
03.1999

Music, voice emphasis

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
09.1995

Skills

  • Music theory
  • Recital practice
  • Piano lessons
  • Student motivation
  • Advanced level teaching
  • Lesson plan development
  • Expert sight-reading
  • Adaptive teaching methods
  • Group instruction
  • Repertoire selection
  • Composition guidance

Accomplishments

Professional Performance Experience


  • Carmen, George Bizet Shreveport Opera
  • A Shade of Dawn, film, Adam Vermillion, director AVoice Productions
  • Elixir of Love, by Donizetti Shreveport Opera
  • H.M.S. Pinafore, by Gilbert & Sullivan Opera East Texas
  • Jekyll & Hyde, the musical Longview Community Theater
  • Madame Butterfly, by Puccini East Texas Opera
  • Call Me Madame, the musical Opera House Players, Jefferson
  • La Boheme, by Puccini Shreveport Opera
  • The Odd Couple, by Neil Simon Longview Community Theater
  • Grease, by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey Longview Community Theater
  • Moon Over Buffalo, a farce Longview Community Theater
  • Madame Butterfly, by Puccini Shreveport Opera
  • Romeo and Juliet, by Gounod Shreveport Opera
  • Rigoletto, by Verdi East Texas Opera
  • Don Pasquale, by Donizetti East Texas Opera
  • The Old Maid and the Thief, by Menotti East Texas Baptist University
  • The Tenderland, Copeland Texas Tech University

Certification

  • Videomaking and Storytelling, New York Institute of Photography - 2018-2019
  • Therapeutic Art Life Coach Certification (Accredited), Udemy, 2020
  • Grant Writing for Nonprofits, Udemy, 2024
  • Masterpieces of World Literature Certificate, HarvardX via EdX, 2025

Timeline

Music, Kindergarten to Grade 8

Karnack Independent School District
08.2015 - 06.2016

Substitute

Pine Tree Independent School District
02.2013 - 01.2018

Music, Theatre Arts Instructor

East Texas Christian School
01.2011 - 05.2012

Choir, Piano Lab

Forest Park Middle School
08.2007 - 06.2010

Music, Spanish, Motor Skills

Oak Forest Montessori School
08.2004 - 05.2007

Music Enrichment for Children/Piano Instructor

Studio-To-You
08.2002 - 05.2004

Self-Employed Voice and Piano Instructor

Christina's Studio
06.1999 - 06.2018

B.A. degree in Music - Voice

East Texas Baptist University

Music, voice emphasis

Texas Tech University

Master of Arts in Teaching program -

Texas Woman's University

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