Christin Phelps Webb

CHRISTIN WEBB

Bassoonist Christin Phelps Webb is a freelance chamber and orchestral musician based in Los Angeles.  Originally from Fairfax County, Virginia, Christin relocated to California after attending the Music Academy of the West. She holds degrees in music performance from Indiana University and the Peabody Conservatory, where her principal teachers were Sidney Rosenberg and Linda Harwell; she also studied at the University of Southern California with Stephen Maxym and Judith Farmer.

Christin performs with Southern California’s finest orchestras, including the Santa Barbara, Long Beach and Los Angeles Symphonies and the Long Beach Ballet. She has toured with musical theater companies such as the NY Gilbert & Sullivan Players and Opera a la Carte,and has logged many hours in recording studios. A passionate chamber musician, Christin has been a member of numerous ensembles during her career including Ceora Winds, Lavender Bass and Orion Winds. She was featured on the Ceora Wind’s album “Postcards” where she was praised for her “perfectly even fast articulations and rich even tone” by The Double Reed Magazine. She is also noted for playing bassoon and contrabassoon on the critically acclaimed album by flutist Jenni Olson, “The Dreams of Birds,” released on the Delos label.

In addition to her position teaching bassoon at Pepperdine University, Christin maintains a private teaching studio in the San Fernando Valley, coaches double reeds in local schools, and is publishing several of her chamber music arrangements that have been performed and recorded by Ceora Winds.