Carolyn Christie
Associate Professor
BMus 1975 McGill University, MHK 2016 University of Ottawa
Classical flute, specializing in orchestral repertoire. Mental skills coaching for performance excellence for professional and student musicians.
Promoting the teaching of mental skills to assist performance excellence and enjoyment in the performing arts, similar to the聽skills taught to elite athletes.
Carolyn Christie won the Second Flute Chair of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (OSM) in 1978, after beginning her orchestral career with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. With the OSM聽she 聽toured 40 times, performing in Europe, Asia, South America and North America. Ms. Christie performed in Carnegie Hall on many occasions and has appeared on about聽100 recordings.
As a soloist, Ms. Christie performed concerti with the MSO, and as a chamber musician and recitalist, with Les Chambristes de Montr茅al, Les Vents de l'Est, the Jupiter Quintet and Musica Camerata Montreal.
A devoted pedagogue, Ms. Christie taught on the faculties of the University of Alberta, Concordia University, and the Conservatoire de Quebec 脿 Montr茅al, as well as Domaine Forget and The National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Christie聽now teaches exclusively at McGill University. Many of her former students perform with orchestras in Canada, the United States, and Europe. Upon retirement from the OSM in 2014,聽Carolyn Christie attended the University of Ottawa, where she earned a Masters degree in Human Kinetics (MHK), with a concentration in Intervention and Consultation. Christie adapted her MHK work to the performing arts, and聽now leads workshops and offers private counselling to professional and student musicians, teaching them mental skills that can assist them to perform up to their potential聽under stress.聽聽
