• Christianne, a singer since birth, sang her first solo in church at the age of three and performed in her first professional theatrical production at the age of five as "Gretl" in The Sound of Music.  It was in this production that she was referred to as "the leather-lunged tot," due to her full singing voice. She has been singing ever since.

• ​She received her B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from the CAP21 studio of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. At NYU, Christianne was a Tisch Scholar and was selected as one of the top performers of her graduating class. Her Master's Degree and Doctorate is from Columbia University, where she focused her studies and research on musical theatre vocal pedagogy.

• As a member of the Actors’ Equity Association, Christianne has performed at the Goodspeed Opera House, the Lucille Lortel Theatre, the York Theatre, Totem Pole Playhouse, and internationally as the principal singer for Norwegian Cruise Lines. She has soloed at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, The White House, and has sung the American national anthem on television on The Roseanne Show, and for the Philadelphia Eagles. Christianne competed in the BBC’s international vocal competition, “Voice of Musical Theatre,” in Cardiff, Wales, and was a finalist of that competition.

• As an educator, Christianne is the head of the Musical Theatre Program in the Theatre Department of Florida Southern College.  In 2017, she won the college's Miller Distinguished Faculty award. Previously, she was in charge of the Pre-Professional Musical Theatre track at Emory & Henry College. Christianne is a frequent workshop presenter at conferences such as The Voice Foundation Symposium, the International Congress of Voice Teachers, the Musical Theatre Educators' Alliance, the Southeastern Theatre Conference, and the National Association of Teachers of Singing. She has served as the music director for Norwegian Cruise Lines, and is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

 

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