Christi Wans
Lecturer of Trumpet
Christi Wans (she/her) is Lecturer of Trumpet and Music Theory at Central Washington University. A versatile performer and educator, she specializes in high trumpet and high horn performance.
Prior to joining CWU, Wans served as Assistant Director of Bands and Instructor of High Brass at East Central University. She has also taught trumpet and horn at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Rose State College, Southern Nazarene University, and The University of Oklahoma. In addition, she served as Assistant Divisional Music Director and Music Education Coordinator for The Salvation Army of Arkansas and Oklahoma, where she led music ministry initiatives and traveled throughout the southern United States, Argentina, and South Africa to teach, conduct, and perform with brass band musicians.
An active freelance musician, Wans has held trumpet positions with the Yakima and Mid-Columbia Symphonies and regularly performs with the Oklahoma City, Enid, and Norman Philharmonic orchestras, as well as recently serving as principal natural horn with the Oklahoma Baroque Orchestra. Heavily involved in the brass band community, she has performed on soprano cornet with the Frontier and Arkansas Musicworks Brass Bands, the Salvation Army AOK Divisional Band, the United States Southern Territorial Band, the Fountain City Brass Band, and the Dallas Brass Band.
Wans has enjoyed a diverse performing career. She toured Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific islands as a showband musician with Princess Cruise Lines and completed a two-year run as lead trumpet with the national tour of *Kinky Boots*, performing more than 350 shows across 47 states, Canada, China, and Singapore.
As a soloist, Wans has appeared with the University of Oklahoma Wind Symphony, Frontier Brass Band, the Oklahoma Haydn Festival, and the Oklahoma Brass Choir. She was also a member of the commissioning consortium for James Stephenson's *Concerto for Piccolo Trumpet* and gave the Oklahoma premiere of the work in 2019.
Wans earned bachelor's degrees in Music Education and Trumpet Performance from Central Washington University and a master's degree in Trumpet Performance from the University of Oklahoma. She is a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate in Trumpet Performance at the University of Oklahoma, where she previously served as Graduate Teaching Assistant in trumpet and coordinator of the William Adam International Trumpet Seminar.
Wans is an endorsing artist for Conn-Selmer/Bach Brass and Robinson's Remedies.
Outside of music, she enjoys maintaining her garden and collecting/creating hot sauce and spices. She is joined in Ellensburg by her dog, Chile Nelson, and her cats, Dusty and Jolene.
Prior to joining CWU, Wans served as Assistant Director of Bands and Instructor of High Brass at East Central University. She has also taught trumpet and horn at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Rose State College, Southern Nazarene University, and The University of Oklahoma. In addition, she served as Assistant Divisional Music Director and Music Education Coordinator for The Salvation Army of Arkansas and Oklahoma, where she led music ministry initiatives and traveled throughout the southern United States, Argentina, and South Africa to teach, conduct, and perform with brass band musicians.
An active freelance musician, Wans has held trumpet positions with the Yakima and Mid-Columbia Symphonies and regularly performs with the Oklahoma City, Enid, and Norman Philharmonic orchestras, as well as recently serving as principal natural horn with the Oklahoma Baroque Orchestra. Heavily involved in the brass band community, she has performed on soprano cornet with the Frontier and Arkansas Musicworks Brass Bands, the Salvation Army AOK Divisional Band, the United States Southern Territorial Band, the Fountain City Brass Band, and the Dallas Brass Band.
Wans has enjoyed a diverse performing career. She toured Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific islands as a showband musician with Princess Cruise Lines and completed a two-year run as lead trumpet with the national tour of *Kinky Boots*, performing more than 350 shows across 47 states, Canada, China, and Singapore.
As a soloist, Wans has appeared with the University of Oklahoma Wind Symphony, Frontier Brass Band, the Oklahoma Haydn Festival, and the Oklahoma Brass Choir. She was also a member of the commissioning consortium for James Stephenson's *Concerto for Piccolo Trumpet* and gave the Oklahoma premiere of the work in 2019.
Wans earned bachelor's degrees in Music Education and Trumpet Performance from Central Washington University and a master's degree in Trumpet Performance from the University of Oklahoma. She is a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate in Trumpet Performance at the University of Oklahoma, where she previously served as Graduate Teaching Assistant in trumpet and coordinator of the William Adam International Trumpet Seminar.
Wans is an endorsing artist for Conn-Selmer/Bach Brass and Robinson's Remedies.
Outside of music, she enjoys maintaining her garden and collecting/creating hot sauce and spices. She is joined in Ellensburg by her dog, Chile Nelson, and her cats, Dusty and Jolene.
Contact
Mcintyre Music Building 103