Christy Turnbow was the first graduate with an MFA in Musical Theater Voice Teaching from Penn State University. This unique program is the first voice pedagogy program in the country to focus specifically on Musical Theater singing.
Christy has twenty years of teaching experience in both private studio and collegiate settings. She is a member of the musical theater voice faculty at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee. She has also been on the faculty at Montclair State University, CAP 21 and Brigham Young University. She was the Director of the Hale Academy for the Performing Arts at the Hale Center Theater in Orem, Utah. She has experience as a technician for classical, musical theater and contemporary styles. She has taught, adjudicated and presented internationally and is published in The Journal of Singing and Classical Singer Magazine.
Christy has a variety of performing experience in musical theater, classical art song, operetta and Shakespeare. She played Marian on the National Tour of the Susan Stroman revival of The Music Man. She has also been seen as Marguerite in The Scarlet Pimpernel, Mabel in Pirates of Penzance, Christine in Phantom (Kopit/Yeston), Fiona in Brigadoon, Guenevere in Camelot, and Maria in Love’s Labour’s Lost.​
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Christy has a Bachelor of Music from Brigham Young University in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy. She grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah where she joined a church children’s choir when she was six and has been singing ever since.
“I owe my entire post-college career to Christy Turnbow. I came into her studio as a classical soprano with no plans to sing rock/pop, and after graduation I have booked a National Tour, a Cruise Line, and regional credits solely for pop/rock influenced shows."
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- Kristina Walz
Rock of Ages 10th Anniversary Tour, Six Norwegian Cruise Line
