Christine Cornell is a musician, actor, and music educator based in Brooklyn, New York. She can be seen on stages leading bands, dancing in musicals, and jamming with her guitar. She is also the co-director of Brooklyn Harmonics Vocal Program with her long-time collaborator, Broadway music director and arranger, Jeffrey Klitz. This year she was a guest artist for Sound Symphony in Long Island performing works by Puccini, Gershwin, Lehar, and Mozart under the batons of Dorothy Savitch and Alex Wen.
This summer Christine performed a multi city concert series in Italy with Ghostlight Chorus (music director Dr. Evelyn Troester DeGraf). She was a featured artist for Erik Carlson’s Slowly Expanding Milton Babbitt album (Three Theatrical Songs). She played Sister Margaretta in the Virginia Opera/Virginia Arts Festival Co-Production of The Sound of Music conducted by Rob Fisher. She made her film music debut in Alex Weston’s original score for What Breaks the Ice (Released October 2021).
Some other favorite performances include: Joanna Gleason’s Out of the Eclipse (54 Below, Quick Center, Renberg), The Apple and Other Slip-Ups (ARC Stages), The Most Happy Fella (Goodspeed), The Sound of Music (Paper Mill Playhouse, Sacred Heart), Master Class (Gulf Shore Playhouse), A Nantucket Christmas Carol (White Heron Theater), and Four Saints in Three Acts (BAM). Christine is a member of Actors Equity Association and on the roster at Avalon Artists Group. Her alma mater is the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
