Cristina Valdes

Administration

Kent Devereaux, Department Chair
Megan Campbell-Miller, Production Coordinator
Alek Edmonds, Technical Director
Rachel DeShon, Administrative Assistant
Frank Phillips, PONCHO Concert Hall Facilities Manager

Composition Faculty

Instrumental Faculty

Kofi Anang, African Drumming
Marcos Carmona, Flamenco Guitar
Dawn Clement, Piano
Chuck Deardorf, Bass
Peggy Dees, Clarinet
Justin Emerich, Trumpet
Mara Gearman, Viola
Valerie Muzzolini Gordon, Harp
Brent Hages, Oboe
Randy Halberstadt, Piano
Jeff Hay, Trombone
Jennifer Hinkle, Bass Trombone
Mark Ivester, Drums
Joe Kaufman, Doublebass
Matt Kocmieroski, Percussion
Seth Krimsky, Bassoon
Martin Kuuskmann, Bassoon
Paige Stockley Lerner, Cello
Michael Jinsoo Lim, Violin
Peter Mack, Piano
Roger Nelson, Piano
Michael Nicolella, Guitar
Margie Pos, Bass
Julian Priester, Trombone
David Ritt, Trombone
Mark Robbins, French Horn
Murl Allen Sanders, Accordion
Adam Stern, Conducting
Stephen Stubbs, Lute
Paul Taub, Flute
Hans Teuber, Saxophone
Ben Thomas, Vibraphone
Jay Thomas, Trumpet
Cristina Valdes, Piano
Tom Varner, French Horn

Voice Faculty

Adam Burdick, Chamber Singers
Michael Delos, Voice, Opera
Becca Duran, Vocal Jazz
John Duykers, Voice, Opera
Kelly Harland, Vocal Jazz
Ross Hauck, Voice, Opera
Johnaye Kendrick, Vocal Jazz
Jessika Kenney, Persian, Javanese Vocals
Natalie Lerch, , Voice, Opera
Cyndia Sieden, , Voice, Opera
Kathryn Weld, , Voice, Opera
Beth Winter, Vocal Jazz
Nancy Zylstra, Voice, Baroque Opera

Jazz Faculty

Paul de Barros
Tim Carey, Bass
Dawn Clement, Piano
Chuck Deardorf, Bass
Becca Duran, Vocal Jazz
Gary Gibson, Notation, Percussion
Randy Halberstadt, Piano
Kelly Harland, Vocal Jazz
Jeff Hay, Trombone
Robin Holcomb, Songwriting
Wayne Horvitz, Composition
Mark Ivester, Drums
Eyvind Kang, Viola, Violin
Johnaye Kendrick, Vocal Jazz
Jim Knapp, Composition
Margie Pos, Bass, Eartraining
Julian Priester, Trombone
Murl Allen Sanders, Accordion
Jovino Santos-Neto, Composition
Chris Spencer, Guitar
Hans Teuber, Saxophones
Ben Thomas, Vibraphone
Jay Thomas, Trumpet, Saxophone
Tom Varner, French Horn
Beth Winter, Vocal Jazz

Early Music Faculty

Vicki Boeckman, Recorder
Tekla Cunningham, Violin
Maxine Eilander, Baroque Harp
Ross Hauck, Voice
Kris Kwapis, Trumpet, Cornetto
Ingrid Matthews, Violin
Anna Mansbridge, Baroque Dance
Byron Schenkman, Harpsichord
Janet See, Baroque Flute
Cyndia Sieden, Voice
Jillon Stoppels Dupree, Harpsichord
Stephen Stubbs, Lute, Baroque Opera
Margriet Tindemans, Viola da Gamba
Nathan Whittaker, Cello
Nancy Zylstra, Voice, Baroque Opera

Adjunct Instructor

Piano
cvaldes@cornish.edu

Committed to both contemporary and standard repertoire, Cristina Valdes is known for presenting innovative concerts with repertoire ranging from Bach to Xenakis. She has performed across four continents and in a multitude of venues including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Recital Hall, Nordstrom Hall, and the Kennedy Center. An avid chamber musician, Valdes has toured extensively with the Bang On a Can “All Stars” and has performed with the Seattle Chamber Players, the Mabou Mines Theater Company, the Parsons Dance Company, Antares, and Trio V. Her festival appearances include the Singapore Arts Festival, Brisbane Arts Festival, Foro Internacional de Musica Nueva in Mexico City, New Music in Miami Festival, Festival of Arts and Ideas, and the Festival of Contemporary Music in El Salvador among others. She has also performed with the Johns Hopkins Symphony Orchestra, the Binghamton Philharmonic, and the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra. Valdes can be heard on several recordings on the Newport Classics, Albany, and Innova labels. She holds degrees from the New England Conservatory and SUNY at Stony Brook, and is the recipient of an Arts International Grant, the Thayer Award for the Arts, and an Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music grant.