Krista Windingland
Been with the MSO since: 2008
Hometown: St. Cloud, MN. I now live in Chanhassen, MN.
Education: BM & MM from the University of MN in Viola
Performance
My day job: Freelance musician, composer, and part-time
employee at a local greenhouse.
Earliest musical memory: Long trips in the car listening
to "hooked on classics" cassette tape.
Favorite thing about performing music: Pleasing the crowd.
Other instruments I play: piano
The composition I would most like to perform: a
duet with Gil Shaham. He is the most gracious and humble musician I have
ever met and I would love to work with him.
Best part about being an MSO musician: The
conductor, being with the other musicians, and the choice of repertiore
we perform.
What's on my iPod or in my CD player:
Ella Fitzgerald, Allison Krauss. I like any style of music as long as
it is well written and well played. But my favorite music is
classic Jazz and Latin.
Other interesting facts(s): I
am married and have one son and one puppy.