Christina Jennings

About Christina

Flutist Christina Jennings is praised for her virtuoso technique, rich tone, and command of a wide range of literature featuring works from Bach to Zwilich. The Houston Press declared: “Jennings has got what it takes: a distinctive voice, charisma, and a pyrotechnic style that works magic on the ears.”

Jennings enjoys a musical career made up of diverse performing and recording collaborations with living composers, and work guiding young musicians. Her most recent publication is a Naxos disc of flute music by the American composer George Rochberg which features her transcriptions of the Caprice Variations published by Galaxy Music.

Active as a concerto soloist, Jennings has appeared with over 50 orchestras including the Utah and Houston Symphonies. She has premiered concertos written for her by Carter Pann and Laura Elise Schwendinger. The Washington Post described her performance of the Jonathan Leshnoff Concerto with the Fairfax Symphony as a “spirited, quicksilver performance.” Recent premieres include two new chamber works by Christopher Theofanidis and a tone poem for flute and orchestra by Carter Pann.

In great demand as a teacher, Jennings is Professor of Flute at the University of Colorado Boulder and is on the summer faculty of Greenwood Music Camp, the oldest chamber music camp in America. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she began Rise Up Flutist, a Zoom warm-up class that brought free classes to over 500 flutists world-wide.

Jennings lives in Boulder with her husband, violist Matthew Dane, and their twin sons.