Director Arts Teacher
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Kristen Morrow
Austin TX, 78726
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EDUCATION
WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE Princeton, NJ
Bachelor of Music, B.M. in Music Education and Piano Performance & Pedagogy 1990 MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, New York, NY
College Preparatory Piano, Organ, Voice, Music Theory, Chamber Music 1980-1986
FULL-TIME TEACHING EXPERIENCE
ROUND ROCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Round Rock, TX 2017-present Choral Director and Musical Theater
DERRYFIELD SCHOOL Manchester, NH 2014-2016
Choral Director, Musical Theater, Piano Class, Music Theory BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Hilton Head Island, SC 2013-2014 Performing Arts Teacher Hilton Head Island
HYDE PARK HIGH SCHOOL Austin, TX 2011-2013
Upper School Choral Director, Music Theory, Piano Class, Musical Theater Director PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL Princeton, NJ 2008-2011
Upper School Choral Director
Music Theory, Music History, Voice Class, Coordinator of Private Lesson Program; Co-Chair of the Performing Arts Department (K-12 Music, Dance, and Theater) PEDDIE SCHOOL Hightstown, NJ 1996-2008
Director of Music, High School Choral Director, Music Theater, Coordinator of Chapel Music Program, Coordinator of Private Lesson Program, Music Theory and Music History 1996-2008 Interim Arts Department Chair (9-12 Music, Theater and Visual Arts) WEST ORANGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, West Orange, NJ 1996
High School Choral Director, Theory and Voice Teacher, Music Appreciation/History, Musical Theater
MOUNT SINAI PUBLIC SCHOOLS Mount Sinai, NY 1990-1995 High School Choral Director, Theory and Music History Teacher, Musical Theater PART-TIME EXPERIENCE
CHURCH MUSIC
PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Austin, TX 2017-Present
Director of Music, Pianist/Organist/Choir Director/Handbell Choir Director PILGRIM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Nashua, NH 2015-2016 Director of Music, Pianist/Organist/Choir Director ST. ANDREW BY-THE-SEA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Hilton Head Island, SC Director of Music/Pianist 2014
ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH Holbrook, NY 1991-1993
Director of Music/Choir Director/Organist
GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH Bridgewater, NJ 1990
Choir Director/Children’s Choir, Pianist
PRINCE OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Princeton, NJ 1986-1989 Pianist/Children’s Choir Director
PRINCETON METHODIST CHURCH, NJ; BELLPORT METHODIST CHURCH, NY; ST. ANN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, NY; SAYVILLE CONGREGATIONAL UCC, Long Island, NY; PATCHOGUE METHODIST CHURCH, Long Island, NY; PATCHOGUE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Long Island, NY: Substitute/Interim Organist, Pianist or Choir Director
PIANO ACCOMPANYING
CEDAR RIDGE HS, Round Rock, TX; VANDEGRIFT HGH SCHOOL, Austin TX; TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION, San Marcos, TX; PRINCETON GIRL CHOIR, Princeton, NJ; PEDDIE COMMUNITY PLAYERS, Hightstown, NJ; SOUTH BAY CHAMBER SINGERS, Long Island, NY; SUFFOLK COUNTY MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION, Long Island, NY; SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER CHORUS, Long Island NY; BAY AREA FRIENDS OF FINE ARTS, Long Island, NY; WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE, Princeton, NJ. PIANO TEACHING
WESTMINSTER CONSERVATORY, Princeton, NJ
THE PENNINGTON SCHOOL, Pennington, NJ
PRIVATE STUDIOS in Bayport and Babylon NY, Hightstown, Princeton and Montclair, NJ, and Austin, TX.
VOICE TEACHING
CHATHAM SCHOOL OF MUSIC, Chatham, NJ
THE PENNINGTON SCHOOL, Pennington, NJ
MT. SINAI HGH SCHOOL, Mt. Sinai, NY; PRIVATE STUDIOS in NY, NJ, and TX. CHORAL SINGING
WESTMINSTER SYMPHONIC CHOIR with NY Philharmonic (conductors: Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Kurt Masur) and Philadelphia Orchestra (conductor Ricardo Muti) WESTMINSTER CHOIR, Spoleto Festival, Charleston, SC SOUTH BAY CHAMBER SINGERS, Bay Shore, NY
MUSICAL THEATER VOCAL DIRECTION and PIT ORCHESTRA CONDUCTING CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL Round Rock, TX
VANDEGRIFT HIGH SCHOOL Austin, TX
THE DERRYFIELD SCHOOL Manchester, NH
DERRYFIELD REPERTORY THEATER Manchester, NH
SOURLAND HILLS ACTOR’S GUILD Montgomery, NJ
HYDE PARK HIGH SCHOOL Austin, TX
PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL Princeton, NJ
THE PEDDIE SCHOOL Hightstown, NJ
PEDDIE COMMUNITY PLAYERS, Hightstown, NJ
MT. SINAI HS Mount Sinai, NY
LIST OF PRODUCTIONS
INTO THE WOODS 1993
CITY OF ANGELS 1994
OKLAHOMA 1995
EVITA 1996
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF 1997
H.M.S. PINAFORE 1997
MUSIC MAN1998
PIRATES OF PENZANCE 1998
INTO THE WOODS 1999
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING
TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT 1999
KISS ME KATE 2000
GUYS AND DOLLS 2000
A CHORUS LINE 2001
ANNIE 2001
THE FANTASTICKS 2002
CABARET 2002
THE WIZ 2004
FOOTLOOSE 2005
URINETOWN 2006
PIPPIN 2007
THE SECRET GARDEN 2008
SWEET CHARITY, 2009
THE FANTASTICKS 2009
A CHORUS LINE 2010
THE WEDDING SINGER 2011
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG 2011
FOOTLOOSE 2012
BYE BYE BIRDIE 2013
BEAUTY and the BEAST 2015
25th ANNUAL PUTNUM COUNTY
SPELLING BEE 2015
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 2016
GREASE 2018
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE 2019
LEGALLY BLOND 2020
FAME 2021
FOOTLOOSE 2022
Choral-Orchestral Conducting
African Sanctus David Fanshawe
Carmina Burana Carl Orff
Chichester Psalms Leonard Bernstein
Gloria Antonio Vivaldi
Mass in C Ludwig von Beethoven
Requiem Gabriel Faure
Requiem Johannes Brahms
Requiem Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem John Rutter
EDUCATICATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BEST MUSIC DIRECTION Award and Nominations, GREATER AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC THEATER AWARDS 2018, 2020, and 2022
ABOVE AND BEYOND AWARD, PEDDIE SCHOOL PARENTS ASSOCIATION 2005 CONDUCTOR, NJAIS ALL-STATE CHORUS 1998
ALL COUNTY CHORUS ACCOMPANIST, SUFFOLK COUNTY MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION 1995
JOHN FINLEY WILLIAMSON SCHOLARSHIP, WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE 1986-1990 LORENA HOOD FENN SCHOLARSHIP, PIANO COMPETITION (FIRST PLACE) 1987 ARTHUR JUDSON AWARD, PIANO COMPETITION (FIRST PLACE) 1986 MEMBERSHIPS (Current) American Choral Director’s Association, Texas Music Educators Association, List of References:
Paul Stellato, Princeton Day School
John Green, Peddie School
Mary Carter, Derryfield School
Edward de Villafranca, Peddie School, and EdVice Princeton NJ Timothy Corica, Peddie School
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