Coordinator of the Accompanying Program

Lecturer in Music

Dr. Kristie Born is a collaborative pianist with a broad range of experience in vocal and instrumental chamber music as well as in opera.  She has performed extensively in this country and abroad.  Her travels have included tours of Japan and Russia with the Iowa Opera and the Peabody Symphony Orchestra, and she has served as performer and coach for the Operafestival di Roma in Italy and the University of Miami Salzburg Vocal Program.

As a soloist, Dr. Born has performed with the Hollywood Philharmonic and the Peabody Wind Ensemble, and has given recitals throughout the eastern United States and Germany.

Dr. Born received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in piano performance from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, and she holds a doctorate in chamber music and accompanying from the University of Miami.  Further studies include the Manhattan School of Music and the Musikhochschule Freiburg.

Dr. Born has taught private piano and class piano at Seminole Community College and Westminster Conservatory.  She has been a freelance vocal coach since 1989.  She is currently the coordinator for accompanying and functional keyboard at Stetson University, where she also teaches classes in accompanying and keyboard, and serves as coach for the Stetson Opera Theater.