CHRISTINA DEMAIO

A busy summer here on the Seacoast has begun! On June 3rd, these shining students gave beautiful performances at our end-of-year Voice Recital! It was a wonderful afternoon of music, and I was so proud of each of them for how far they've come this year. This Recital was a particularly special memory for me as it will be my last at Christ Church with this amazing group of kids before I relocate to NYC in the Fall. This move will be incredibly bittersweet as I have loved my her

December, as usual, was a busy month of music for both myself and my students! I always enjoy singing traditional Holiday repertoire, from the Messiah, to the classic Advent hymns and carols heard year after year. This Christmas Eve, we performed a Bach Cantata (BWV 151) at St. John's in Portsmouth, which was a fun and different challenge in addition to the many beautiful choral pieces we sang throughout the season. A real highlight of the month and fitting end to 2017 was ou

It's been a busy, performance-filled Spring here in NH! David Ripley's UNH faculty recital performance, "The Times They Are Still Changin'" on May 6th was such a blast! I loved getting the opportunity to sing traditional folk music, and to harmonize with David and Dave Talmage backed by a tremendous band! I am hoping to share some recordings from this performance soon. On May 21st, I sang the role of Dido in Nashua Choral Society's concert performance of Dido & Aeneas. I real

For many months now, I’ve been looking forward to singing at David Ripley’s faculty recital at UNH in Durham. David is a bass-baritone and a professor of voice and opera UNH. We first met last spring while performing in the “Night at the Opera” concert with the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra. Much to my surprise, I discovered that in addition to being a performer and teacher of classical music and opera, he was also a tremendous folk musician and songwriter! Similarly, he foun