Christina Stanley is a Bay Area based violinist, composer, vocalist and experienced music instructor who began music lessons at 5 and violin studies at the age of 8. she attended the san francisco Conservatory of music from ages 15-18 where she studied with li lin and eventually earned a full performance scholarship to san francisco state university where she earned her bachelors of music and studied violin with Daniel Kobialka, Jassen Toderov and the Alexander String Quartet. after touring europe and the us with various music groups, she attended hb studio in new york city where she studied theatre, movement and voice for two years. she then went on to earn an MFA in Music Performance and Literature from Mills College, where she studied violin with David Abel and composition and improvisation with Fred Frith and Roscoe Mitchell and won the Margaret Lyon prize for excellence in music. She is currently an active performing violinist, vocalist, improviser composer and teacher, working as a solo artist as well as a member of various ensembles. She has been a featured performer for the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival at SF MOMA and has premiered works by George lewis and Roscoe Mitchell under conductor Petr Kotik. Her original painted graphic scores have been featured at the Outsound New Music Summit in San Francisco, Temple Ad Hoc in Los Angeles and Rock Paper Scissors Gallery in Oakland. She is passionate about working with living composers and composing new music.