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posted February 2006

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Christi Zuniga, Principal Keyboardist with the Omaha Symphony Orchestra, is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Clayton State College, where she studied piano with Jeannine Morrison. She received a Master of Music degree in Chamber Music and Accompanying from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she studied with Vladimir Sokoloff and Keiko Sato. She has previously performed with the Atlanta Symphony, the Charleston Symphony and the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, which served as the resident orchestra of the Evian International Music Festival in France in 1990, under the leadership of Mstislav Rostropovich.

Before coming to Omaha, Zuniga was the staff accompanist and class piano instructor at Clayton State College, south of Atlanta. In addition to regular engagements with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, she also collaborated with fellow orchestra members and accompanied Atlanta Symphony Chorus rehearsals.

As an accompanist, she has worked with performers in master classes taught by Jean-Pierre Rampal, Yo Yo Ma, Isaac Stern, Lynn Harrell, Elly Ameling, David Gordon, Peter Lloyd, Bonita Boyd, and Paula Robison. Zuniga is active in Omaha's chamber music scene, performing regularly in Omaha Chamber Music Society concerts, in the Organ Vesper Series of Presbyterian Church of the Cross, and with fellow orchestra members and college students. She has performed solos with the Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra in their Chamber Series.

Christi resides in Ralston, Nebraska with her husband, Nick, and their two chihuahuas, Cindi and Ringo. [email]

Related Links:
Clayton Stage College Dept. of Music
Curtis Institute of Music
Atlanta Symphony / ASO Chorus
Charleston Symphony
Omaha Chamber Music Society
Organ Vesper Series

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