Anne Saxon, Founding Artistic Director
Anne M. Saxon is the founding Artistic Director of the Central
Carolina Children’s Chorus, and Director of the Children’s and
Youth Choir Program at Centenary United Methodist Church in
Winston-Salem . She has served several churches and schools in
the NC Triad area, most recently as Music Specialist at The
Downtown Elementary School in Winston-Salem , and full-time
Director of Music Ministries at Main Street United Methodist Church
in Kernersville.
Saxon earned a Master of Music Degree in Choral Conducting from
UNC Greensboro, and a Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Greensboro College,
Piano Applied. At UNCG she studied with Drs. Bill Carroll, Richard Cox, and Hilary Apfelstadt,
and directed the Women’s Glee Club. She has completed further study in conducting with
Paul Salamunovich, Lynne Gackle, Henry Leck, and Daniel Bara, and has completed three
levels of Doreen Rao's Choral Music Experience.
In NC ACDA, Saxon has been an R&S Chair for Junior High/Middle School Choirs, and
Children's Choirs. She is the current Newsletter Editor which received an award for the Most
Improved Newsletter at the 2009 National Convention in Oklahoma City. With NCMEA, she
was on the Middle School Choral Section Board as Newsletter Editor, and was a Festival Site
Coordinator. Saxon has been honored with a Commemorative Brick on the MENC “Walk of
Fame” for her 25 years of attendance at the NC Summer Institute in Choral Arts where she
was a member of the executive board. Saxon also serves on the boards of the Musical Arts
Guild of UNCG, and CANTUS, an Ecumenical Children’s Choir Camp. She is a frequent
guest conductor and piano accompanist for Honor and Festival Choirs, as well as an
adjudicator for choral festivals throughout the state.
Anniversary Reflections by Anne Saxon
Christin Barnhardt, Assistant Director
CCCC is pleased to announce that Christin Barnhardt is our new
Assistant Director. Christin is the Director of Music Ministries at St
Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem. She previously
served as Minister of Music Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in
Princeton, NJ, and has participated in music programs at Centenary
United Methodist in Winston-Salem, Faith United Methodist in Rural
Hall, St. Paul’s Episcopal in Paterson, NJ, and Cathedral of St. John
the Divine in NYC.
During her undergraduate studies at Salem College, Christin studied
piano with Barbara Lister-Sink. While there she assisted with intense training workshops in
well-coordinated, injury-preventive piano technique. She then served as an AmeriCorps
Member in Paterson, NJ, for a year before beginning her studies at Westminster Choir
College in Princeton. She earned her Masters Degree in Sacred Music and Piano
Performance & Pedagogy at Westminster where she studied piano with Phyllis Lehrer and
Jim Goldsworthy and conducting with Sun Min Lee, Steve Pilkington, Andrew Megill, and Joe
Miller.
Christin has taught piano privately and at the Westminster Conservatory. Her main duties
with CCCC will be directing ENCORE, the advanced choir.
Cynthia Saylor, Accompanist
Cynthia Saylor joined the Central Carolina Children’s Chorus Staff
in the fall of 2004. She brings with her a life-long passion and
dedication to music and accompanying. Ms. Saylor is a Medical
Technologist for Spectrum Laboratory Network at Forsyth Medical
Center. She is also the Music Leader for the Fountain of Life
Lutheran Church in Kernersville, North Carolina. Now in her fifth year
with the Central Carolina Children's Chorus, Ms. Saylor is highly
regarded and well-loved! We are indeed delighted and fortunate to have her with us for
another season!
Anne M. Saxon is the founding Artistic Director of the Central
Carolina Children’s Chorus, and Director of the Children’s and
Youth Choir Program at Centenary United Methodist Church in
Winston-Salem . She has served several churches and schools in
the NC Triad area, most recently as Music Specialist at The
Downtown Elementary School in Winston-Salem , and full-time
Director of Music Ministries at Main Street United Methodist Church
in Kernersville.
Saxon earned a Master of Music Degree in Choral Conducting from
UNC Greensboro, and a Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Greensboro College,
Piano Applied. At UNCG she studied with Drs. Bill Carroll, Richard Cox, and Hilary Apfelstadt,
and directed the Women’s Glee Club. She has completed further study in conducting with
Paul Salamunovich, Lynne Gackle, Henry Leck, and Daniel Bara, and has completed three
levels of Doreen Rao's Choral Music Experience.
In NC ACDA, Saxon has been an R&S Chair for Junior High/Middle School Choirs, and
Children's Choirs. She is the current Newsletter Editor which received an award for the Most
Improved Newsletter at the 2009 National Convention in Oklahoma City. With NCMEA, she
was on the Middle School Choral Section Board as Newsletter Editor, and was a Festival Site
Coordinator. Saxon has been honored with a Commemorative Brick on the MENC “Walk of
Fame” for her 25 years of attendance at the NC Summer Institute in Choral Arts where she
was a member of the executive board. Saxon also serves on the boards of the Musical Arts
Guild of UNCG, and CANTUS, an Ecumenical Children’s Choir Camp. She is a frequent
guest conductor and piano accompanist for Honor and Festival Choirs, as well as an
adjudicator for choral festivals throughout the state.
Anniversary Reflections by Anne Saxon
Christin Barnhardt, Assistant Director
CCCC is pleased to announce that Christin Barnhardt is our new
Assistant Director. Christin is the Director of Music Ministries at St
Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem. She previously
served as Minister of Music Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in
Princeton, NJ, and has participated in music programs at Centenary
United Methodist in Winston-Salem, Faith United Methodist in Rural
Hall, St. Paul’s Episcopal in Paterson, NJ, and Cathedral of St. John
the Divine in NYC.
During her undergraduate studies at Salem College, Christin studied
piano with Barbara Lister-Sink. While there she assisted with intense training workshops in
well-coordinated, injury-preventive piano technique. She then served as an AmeriCorps
Member in Paterson, NJ, for a year before beginning her studies at Westminster Choir
College in Princeton. She earned her Masters Degree in Sacred Music and Piano
Performance & Pedagogy at Westminster where she studied piano with Phyllis Lehrer and
Jim Goldsworthy and conducting with Sun Min Lee, Steve Pilkington, Andrew Megill, and Joe
Miller.
Christin has taught piano privately and at the Westminster Conservatory. Her main duties
with CCCC will be directing ENCORE, the advanced choir.
Cynthia Saylor, Accompanist
Cynthia Saylor joined the Central Carolina Children’s Chorus Staff
in the fall of 2004. She brings with her a life-long passion and
dedication to music and accompanying. Ms. Saylor is a Medical
Technologist for Spectrum Laboratory Network at Forsyth Medical
Center. She is also the Music Leader for the Fountain of Life
Lutheran Church in Kernersville, North Carolina. Now in her fifth year
with the Central Carolina Children's Chorus, Ms. Saylor is highly
regarded and well-loved! We are indeed delighted and fortunate to have her with us for
another season!
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