Crista Bohlmann
Been with the MSO since: off and on since 1993
Hometown: NEW ULM
Education: MSU AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLLEGE
My day job: SUZUKI VIOLIN INSTRUCTOR, GRAPHIC DESIGN, PERFORMER IN TWO LOCAL BANDS "LIGHTENING FLATS" & "THE BLUE RINGERS", AND IN MY SPARE TIME BARTENDER
Earliest musical memory: VIOLIN LESSONS AT SCHELL'S BREWERY IN NEW ULM BEGINNING WHEN I WAS THREE YEARS OLD
Favorite thing about performing music: ENTERTAINING PEOPLE, RELAXATION AND RELEASE FROM DAILY LIFE
Other instruments I play: GUITAR, MANDOLIN, AND I SING
The composition I would most like to perform: I AM OPEN TO ANYTHING THAT WILL PROVIDE A GOOD CHALLENGE
Best part about being an MSO musician: PLAYING GREAT MUSIC WITH OTHER MUSICIANS, IT IS A NICE CHANGE OF PACE FROM THE OTHER MUSICAL THINGS I DO.
What’s on my iPod or in my CD player: EVERYTHING BROM BRAHMS, BEETHOVEN AND EDITH PIAF TO GREEN DAY, ANI DIFRANCO AND ALANIS MORRISETTE!!
Other interesting facts(s): I LIVE ON A SMALL TURKEY FARM / HOBBY FARM WHERE MY MAIN GOAL IS TO PLANT AS MANY TREES AS I CAN AND RAISE ALL OF MY OWN VEGETABLES EVERY YEAR. I LOVE CANNING IN THE FALL, ROAD BIKING AND MOUNTAIN BIKING, CROSSWORD PUZZLES, AND I AM ALSO AN AVID READER.