About Christy Springer
Christy Springer received her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Music at the University of North Texas, where she studied saxophone performance with Dr. Eric Nestler. Christy plays saxophone, flute, and clarinet in musicals at many of the local theaters in the area, and has been performing in musical theater for 17 years. She performs in various ensembles and orchestras throughout the metroplex and state, and has performed at regional, national, and world saxophone conferences. She has performed as a saxophonist with the Dallas Winds, the Richardson Symphony, the Irving/Las Colinas Symphony, the Garland Symphony, the East Texas Symphony, and the Waco Symphony. Christy teaches about 40 saxophone students in the Coppell and Lewisville school districts in Texas, and has been teaching privately for over 25 years, 20 of those years at Coppell High School, and 21 years at Marcus High School. During that time, she has had students selected for the Texas All-State Band and has had students selected as outstanding soloists at the Lewisville ISD and Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contests. In 2004, she recorded a CD of the complete collection of saxophone etudes from the "48 Famous Studies" by W. Ferling, a CD which sells to saxophone players and instructors in Texas and worldwide.
CDs
The Complete Ferling Etudes, 2004
A Starlit Christmas, 1998
Musical Theater - Professional/Community Theater Productions
La Cage aux Folles, Uptown Players in Dallas, 2017
Anything Goes, Lyric Stage in Irving, 2016
Into the Woods, Lyric Stage in Irving, 2015
South Pacific, Lyric Stage in Irving, 2015
Lady in the Dark, Lyric Stage in Irving, 2015
Annie Get Your Gun - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2015
The Golden Apple - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2014
Fiddler on the Roof - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2014
Phantom - Irving Community Theater, 2014
Titanic - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2014
The Human Comedy - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2014
The Desert Song - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2014
Nine - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2013
The Sound of Music - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2013
The Music Man - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2013
Too Many Girls - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2013
Pleasures and Palaces - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2013
1776 - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2012
The Most Happy Fella - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2012
Oklahoma - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2012
Kismet - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2012
Rags - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2011
Gypsy - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2011
Little Mary Sunshine - Plano Rover Dramawerks, 2011
Oliver - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2011
My Fair Lady - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2010
Bye, Bye, Birdie - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2010
Showboat - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2010
Funny Girl - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2009
The King and I - McKinney Summer Musicals, 2009
The King and I - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2009
West Side Story - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2009
The Immigrant - Ft. Worth Stage West, 2008
Nine - Irving Community Theater, 2008
The Music Man - McKinney Summer Musicals, 2008
Dallas Divas - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2008
Hello, Dolly - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2008
Carousel - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2007
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - McKinney Summer Musicals, 2007
Honk - Flower Mound Performing Arts Center, 2007
The Immigrant - Ft. Worth Stage West, 2007
Dallas Divas - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2007
City of Angels - Flower Mound Performing Arts Center, 2006
Sweeney Todd - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2006
Into the Woods - Addison Watertower Theater, 2006
Urinetown - Addison Watertower Theater, 2006
State Fair - Grapevine Palace Theater, 2003
Titanic - Lyric Stage in Irving, 2003
42nd Street - Garland Summer Musicals, 2003
Oklahoma - Garland Summer Musicals, 2003
Victor/Victoria - Trinity River Arts Center, 2002
A Chorus Line - Plano Repertory Theater, 2002
Gypsy - Garland Summer Musicals, 2002
Mame - Denton Community Theater, 2001
Anything Goes - Denton Community Theater, 2000
The World Goes Round - Theater Too, Dallas, 2000
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Musical Theater - College/High School/Church Productions
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Matilda - Acting Studio Productions in Lewisville, 2019
Cinderella - First United Methodist Church in Coppell, 2018
Seussical - Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, 2017
42nd Street - Coppell High School in Coppell, 2016
Damn Yankees - Colleyville Heritage High School in Colleyville, 2016
Les Miserables - Acting Studio Productions in Lewisville, 2016
The Phantom of the Opera - Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, 2016
Seussical - First United Methodist Church in Coppell, 2016
Mary Poppins - Acting Studio Productions in Lewisville, 2015
Annie - Prestonwood Christian Academy in Plano, 2014
My Favorite Year - Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas, 2014
Guys and Dolls - Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas, 2012
Thorouhly Modern Millie - Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, 2012
Funny Girl - The Oakridge School in Arlington, 2011
Seussical - The Hockaday School in Dallas, 2011
42nd Street - Ft. Worth Fine Arts Academy, 2010
Into the Woods - Coppell High School in Coppell, 2010
West Side Story - First United Methodist Church in Coppell, 2010
Mame - The Hockaday School in Dallas, 2010
Anything Goes - Coppell High School in Coppell, 2009
The Secret Garden - The Oakridge School in Arlington, 2009
Hello, Dolly - The Hockaday School in Dallas, 2009
The Music Man - Cedar Valley College, 2008
Oklahoma - The Hockaday School in Dallas, 2008
Annie - Lake Highlands High School in Richardson, 2008
How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - Lake Highlands High School in Richardson, 2007
Fiddler on the Roof - Trietsch Memorial United Methodist Church in Flower Mound, 2006
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - The Winston School in Dallas, 2006
City of Angels - Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, 2006
Bye, Bye, Birdie - Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas, 2006
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Lake Highlands High School in Richardson, 2006
Anything Goes - Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas, 2005
Guys and Dolls - Lake Highlands High School in Richardson, 2005
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - Ft. Worth Fine Arts Academy, 2003
Funny Girl - Pearce High School in Richardson, 2003
Assassins - Collin County Community College, 2003
Bye, Bye, Birdie - Lake Highlands High School in Richardson, 2003
The Music Man - Lutheran High School in Dallas, 2002
Bye, Bye, Birdie - Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, 2002
Pajama Game - The Hockaday School in Dallas, 2002
State Fair - Brookhaven College, 2001
Peter Pan - Arts for Literacy, Irving, 2001
How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - Coppell High School in Coppell, 2001
The Wizard of Oz - Arts for Literacy, Irving, 2000
Crazy for You - First United Methodist Church of Dallas, 1999
A Chorus Line - The University of North Texas, 1999
Cabaret - The University of North Texas, 1998
Performances in Symphony Orchestras
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Live and Let Die (The Paul McCartney Tribute), Richardson Symphony, 2017
Kodaly's Hary Janos Suite, Richardson Symphony, 2016
Moussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, Richardson Symphony, 2014
Ibert's Suite Symphonique, Richardson Symphony, 2014
Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2, Richardson Symphony, 2013
Beatlemania, Richardson Symphony, 2013
The Rat Pack is Back, Richardson Symphony, 2007
Glazunov's Concerto, featured performer, Flower Mound Symphony, 2003
Three Dog Night, Irving/Las Colinas Symphony, 2003
Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances, East Texas Symphony, 2001
Ravel's Bolero, San Angelo Symphony, 2000
Ibert's Concertino da Camera, featured performer, Waco Symphony, 1999
Crystal Gayle, Garland Symphony, 1997
Gershwin's An American in Paris, Garland Symphony, 1997
Performances in Wind Symphonies
Substitute musician, Dallas Winds (formerly Dallas Wind Symphony), 2007-current
Member, Texas Wind Symphony, 2000-2003
Performances/Lectures at Saxophone Conferences
Lecture on Private Saxophone Instruction, North American Saxophone Alliance Region 4 Conference, TCU, 2013
Noda's Improvisation 1, North American Saxophone Alliance National Conference, Arizona State Univ., 2012
Lecture (same as above), North American Saxophone Alliance National Conference, Arizona State Univ., 2012
Quartet performance, North American Saxophone Alliance Region 4 Conference, SMU, 2007
Quartet performance, North American Saxophone Alliance Region 4 Conference, Univ. of Arkansas, 2005
Konzertstuck for 2 Alto Saxophones, World Saxophone Conference, Univ. of Minnesota, 2003
Konzertstuck for 2 Alto Saxophones, North American Saxophone Alliance Region 4 Conference, Texas Tech, 2003
Maurice's Tableaux de Provence, North American Saxophone Alliance National Conference, UNT, 2002
Bolcom's Lilith, North American Saxophone Alliance Region 4 Conference, Baylor University, 2001
