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Sister Christine
also began her formal training with Sr. Juvenalia, for piano, voice and
theory. She has also studied piano with Sr. Claire Durocher, SNDM, and
Maria Case, and has studied voice with Joseph Maitre, Sandra Churchill and
Norma Churchill. She presently has Grade 10 RCM standing in both
disciplines. She also holds a BSc in Chemistry, and a Master of Religious
Education degree.
She
has sung with numerous choirs, including the Vesnivka Ukrainian
Women’s Ensemble, under Kvitka Zorych-Kondracka, and the Oriana
Singers, under John Ford. She was the founding director of the Holy Cross
Slovak Choir, and has directed parish and youth choirs across Canada. She
has composed several sacred and catechetical pieces, including songs for
the religious education program for children of the Byzantine Rite,
"We are Children of Light," and other transcriptions, arrangements
and accompaniments for various ensembles. She is self-taught in guitar, and
has taught beginner level guitar, as well as piano, voice and theory for
over ten years.
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