Kristina Handler

Kristina Handler has been a member of the New Hampshire Music Festival’s violin section since 1995. Her most influential teachers were Marylou Speaker-Churchill, Ruggerio Ricci, and Camilla Wicks. Kristina has a performance degree from Rice University and a masters in performance from Kent State University. She also attended the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau, the Tanglewood Young Artist Program, the Grand Teton Music Festival, and the National Orchestra Institute.  She lives with her husband and son in Birmingham, Alabama where she has performed with the Alabama and Tuscaloosa Symphonies.  She also enjoys illustration and writing children’s stories.