Christy Foster, M.M.

​Christy Foster graduated with academic honors and holds both a Bachelor of Music Performance degree from Oral Roberts University (1997), and a Master of Music Performance degree from Texas Tech University  (1999). Christy is currently Principal Clarinetist & can also be heard playing saxophone in Tulsa's Signature Symphony at TCC, earning a co-principal spot in the clarinet section as a college student in 1995, and later promoted to principal chair in 2010. 

Christy has held an adjunct clarinet instructor position at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma for over 20 years, starting in August 2002. She has also served as the interim Instrumental/Orchestra Director of the O.R.U. Student Orchestra from August 2021-May 2023. Other courses she taught at  ORU include; Woodwind Instruments Class, private clarinet and saxophone lessons, coaching chamber ensembles,lecturing in various music classes, and teaching Instrumental Pedagogy. 
 

Christy 's professional performed  experience includes numerous ensembles including Tulsa's Signature Symphony, the Tulsa Starlight Band, the Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra, Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, Bartlesville Symphony, Oklahoma Sinfonia Ochestra, Tulsa Clarinet Quartet, and Tulsa People's Orchestrat Clarinet Choir (as artist in residence). As a college student, Christy performed internationally with the ORU student Orchestra in England, Portugal, Scotland, France, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland. During graduate school she performed  with the Texas Tech Clarinet Choir in England, and at the International Clarinet Festival in Oostend, Belgium.
   
During Christy's music career, she has performed in several church ensembles, been an adjudicator for All-State Clinics, taught clarinet and saxophone Masterclasses, performed with the Tulsa Clarinet Quartet as a guest  artist for the Oklahoma Univeristy  Clarinet Symposium, been a clinician for Arkansas Clarinet Day, performed in Tulsa's famous Cain's Ballroom, and many other local venues where she played in the pit orchestra for musicals , opera productions, and  Tulsa Ballet productions like The Nutcracker ballet.  

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