Christine Jordanoff

Christine Jordanoff, is Director of Choral Organizations and Professor of Music Education at the Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. She also is in her twenty-seventh year as Artistic Director of the Children’s Festival Chorus, a 150-voice, 3-tiered ensemble of children ages 8-15. The choirs are in residence at Duquesne where they provide a “living laboratory” for the Music Education majors.  The CFC performs regularly with the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Pittsburgh Opera and other prominent professional groups.

Jordanoff has led the CFC to national renown with its innovative approach to choral education, based on the Kodaly Concept of Music Education and influenced by Dalcroze Eurhythmics and Music Learning Theory.

She is an award winning educator and conductor who is a frequent guest conductor and clinician.