Christy Fine, Conductor - Edmond Festival Strings
Christy Fine, conductor of the Edmond Festival Strings, is now in her twenty-first year of teaching for the Edmond Public Schools. After teaching band in Putnam City for five years, Mrs. Fine came to Edmond to begin the Summit string program, and as Edmond School System expanded, she added the directing duties at Santa Fe High School to her schedule. Mrs. Fine is a graduate of Central State University where she received her Bachelors of Music Education Degree. Since beginning her teaching career, Mrs. Fine has been listed in the who’s Who Among America’s Music Teachers and honored to be the Most Influential Teacher by two different students at the Oklahoma School of Math and Science. Mrs. Fine is very active in various Professional Music Organizations including having served on the OSSAA Board of Advisors, president of the North Central Honors Orchestra board, being Chairman of the OMEA All-State Orchestra and holding the position of Vice President of Orchestra for the Oklahoma Music Educators. Mrs. Fine also conducts the Chamber Strings Orchestra in the summer at the Arkansas University Summer Music Camp in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Mrs. Fine is married to musician Joe Fine and their two boys, Derek and Aaron both play the violin.
