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Christina Carroll

Percussion

Susan Whitfield Chair

When you meet Christina, ask her… Has she seen any good plays lately? Where is the best spring roll in Houston? Does she still play piano?

Bio

Christina Carroll has been the principal percussionist of the Houston Ballet Orchestra since 1984. She has also performed with Houston Grand Opera, ROCO, the Houston Symphony, Theater Under the Stars, Houston Masterworks Chorale, the Kingwood Chorale, the Houston Choral Society, the Woodlands Symphony, and many other area groups.

She studied with Robin Kennedy and Phil Kraus and was educated at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. She did fellowship programs with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute and the National Repertory Orchestra in Colorado. She also studied jazz drums at the Berklee School of Music in Boston.

She has taught at Rice University, Houston Baptist University, and the University of St. Thomas. She is currently teaching with AFA’s Artists in the Schools program.

She has appeared as a soloist with the Salina, KS Symphony and the Houston Concert Band.
ROCO Percussionist Christina Carroll
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