BIOGRAPHY

Christa Calderwood is a clarinetist born in Silver Spring, MD. She started learning music as a young child, and began taking piano lessons at age 7. She took up the clarinet two years later to join 4th grade band, and it quickly became her primary instrument.

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Christa received her Bachelor's of Music in performance from Gettysburg College, studying under Dr. Aaron Scott. While attending Gettysburg she studied abroad for a semester in Vienna, where she took lessons from Stefan Neubauer of the Vienna State Opera Stage Orchestra, and worked with professors from the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.

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She is currently enrolled at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, pursuing a Master's in Contemporary Classical Music Performance.