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Created on 2005-05-19 13:45:00 (#7163770), last updated 2009-11-15
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Basic Info| Name: | Christina |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 1973-03-29 |
| Location: | Boylston, Massachusetts, United States |
BioI'm learning how to re-invent myself. I used to be a geek... well.. I still am at heart, but I no longer make a living doing it. While I was busy playing code-monkey and data cruncher, I studied music -- a passion that I was born with. I studied voice for almost 10 years, in fact, and picked up the occasional paid gig. During this time, I managed to land a job as the paid Soprano Section Leader at a local church -- I still hold this job. In the meantime, I wanted to do more but never could figure out how to do it.
Then my daughter was born in 2006. I took the SAHM route for awhile and then transitioned to part-time consulting (in Geek Land, of course), but a little voice in the back of my head kept telling me that now was the time to take the leap. So I did. I put some feelers out and without much effort, I landed several voice students plus a directing gig for a women's barbershop chorus. Now I'm deep into building my music career - developing some marketing materials, planning for some classes to fill in some gaps, etc. I also recently started taking piano lessons again - I used to be quite good, but it's been 16 years since I last had a lesson and I haven't really played all that much in the time - so to say I was rusty was an understatement. I can say that I'm finally happy with my career and I'm excited by the possibilities.
Music is just one side of me. I love games - my hubby and I have a substantial collection of board and card games (old, new, foreign...you name it!) I just wish we had more time for game nights -- life is crazy with the career change and a toddler, so we don't get to play our games as much as we used to - either as a couple or with our friends. I also love to read. I think we have enough books in our house to open our own library. And I love hanging out with my daughter -- early on, she pushed us into learning about attachment parenting and I'm so glad we did. She and I have a great bond because of it. We're pescatarian (or vegequarium, depending on who you ask), so I guess you could say that we lean toward "earthy-crunchy", but we've still got a long ways to go in reducing our footprint and going green.
And I'm a TV junkie -- without the TiVo, I'd go crazy on some days. I'm a big fan of crime dramas -- the Law & Order and CSI franchises especially. And then there's Top Chef and Project Runway... my guilty pleasures. Plus whatever's on Food Network - how can you not like Alton Brown?!
Anyways.. that's me in a nutshell. I'm never good at writing these types of things...
Then my daughter was born in 2006. I took the SAHM route for awhile and then transitioned to part-time consulting (in Geek Land, of course), but a little voice in the back of my head kept telling me that now was the time to take the leap. So I did. I put some feelers out and without much effort, I landed several voice students plus a directing gig for a women's barbershop chorus. Now I'm deep into building my music career - developing some marketing materials, planning for some classes to fill in some gaps, etc. I also recently started taking piano lessons again - I used to be quite good, but it's been 16 years since I last had a lesson and I haven't really played all that much in the time - so to say I was rusty was an understatement. I can say that I'm finally happy with my career and I'm excited by the possibilities.
Music is just one side of me. I love games - my hubby and I have a substantial collection of board and card games (old, new, foreign...you name it!) I just wish we had more time for game nights -- life is crazy with the career change and a toddler, so we don't get to play our games as much as we used to - either as a couple or with our friends. I also love to read. I think we have enough books in our house to open our own library. And I love hanging out with my daughter -- early on, she pushed us into learning about attachment parenting and I'm so glad we did. She and I have a great bond because of it. We're pescatarian (or vegequarium, depending on who you ask), so I guess you could say that we lean toward "earthy-crunchy", but we've still got a long ways to go in reducing our footprint and going green.
And I'm a TV junkie -- without the TiVo, I'd go crazy on some days. I'm a big fan of crime dramas -- the Law & Order and CSI franchises especially. And then there's Top Chef and Project Runway... my guilty pleasures. Plus whatever's on Food Network - how can you not like Alton Brown?!
Anyways.. that's me in a nutshell. I'm never good at writing these types of things...
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antiques, art songs, ashtanga, attachment parenting, ayurvedic healing, ayurvedic medicine, barbershop music, board games, card games, choir, choral director, chorus, dungeons and dragons, gardening, green living, hiking, homeschooling, iyengar, jigsaw puzzles, kripalu, music, music education, opera, piano, reading, show tunes, singing, springbok puzzles, theater, tv, vegetarian cooking, vinyasa, voice coach, voice teacher, walking, yoga
Schools:
Sharon High School - Sharon, PA (1987 - 1991)Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Worcester, MA (1991 - 1995)
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