Christine Fairfield Lecturer in Music, Applied Voice

Wilson Hall 3039
cfairfield@wlu.edu

Christine Fairfield is a frequent soloist with various ensembles throughout the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Her repertoire ranges from the Baroque masters, Händel and Bach, to 20th c. works by Poulenc, Barber, and Rutter. As an opera singer, she’s performed roles with the Operafestival di Roma (2. Knabe, Die Zauberflöte), the Saluzzo Opera Academy (Marcellina, Le Nozze di Figaro), and the Lyric Opera Studio Weimar (Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus) as well as roles during graduate school (Rose, Street Scene). As an educator, Christine has served on the faculty at Bridgewater College and now teaches at Washington & Lee University. Christine holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music with a concentration in voice from Eastern Mennonite University and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy from Ohio University’s School of Music. She continued her postgraduate vocal studies with teachers Timothy Noble (IU Jacobs School of Music) , Christine Schadeberg, Stellario Faggone (Bayerische Staatsoper), Byron Jones (Shenandoah Conservatory) and Andres Morena Garcia (Deutsche Oper). As a lifetime musician and music educator, Christine believes in the role that music-making plays in building relationships and engaging communities’ creative passions to bring people together. In 2022 she joined the administrative staff as Executive Director for The Oratorio Society of Virginia. Christine is available for concert, wedding, funeral, and opera performance gigs as well as private vocal instruction and coaching.