Christina Danford is a 12 year old 7th grader who began studying piano at age 5. Currently she is a student of Dr. Theresa Sanchez. Christina has been a Gold Medalist for the past three consecutive years at the Mississippi Music Teacher's Association (MMTA) Pre-College Finals Piano Competition. She was awarded 3rd place the past two years at the Fall Pre-college Piano Concerto Competition held by MMTA in 2014 and 2015. This past year Christina has performed in piano masterclasses for Thomas Schumacher, Professor Emeritus of Piano at Eastman School of Music, and also for Dr. Julia Mortyakova, Department Chair at the Mississippi University for Women.
Christina Danford has also studied violin for 7 years. She has been a student of Dr. Stephen Redfield at the University of Southern Mississippi since 2012. Christina performed at Carnegie Hall in June 2016 as one of 4 solo violinists with the Honors Junior Orchestra for the 2016 Middle School Honors Performance Series. She also performed with the Southern Mississippi Youth Orchestra in 2013 and won a Gold Medal for her violin performance at the 2014 MMTA Pre-College Finals where she also received the Highest Composite Score award.
Christina also enjoys playing tennis, and in 2016 was a Top 100 Nationally ranked junior tennis player in the United States Tennis Association's 12 & under age division.
