Pam Christie
Pamela S. Christie
Lecturer
(716) 878-6401
Campus Address: Rockwell Hall 203
christps@buffalostate.edu
Pamela (Fishback) Christie joined the Buffalo State College Music Department in 2008 and teaches MUS 115 String Techniques. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania with post graduate work in music education at SUNY at Buffalo.
An accomplished string music educator, Mrs. Christie taught instrumental music in the East Aurora Public Schools from 1975-1985. For the past 24 years, Mrs. Christie has been teaching in the Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda Union Free School district. She currently teaches string lessons and directs the orchestra at Hoover Middle School.
In addition to her teaching duties, for the past 13 years, she is the Coordinator of Music for the Ken-Ton Schools. A 34 year member of ECMEA, she has conducted Elementary and Jr. High South All-County Orchestras as well as being host chairperson for several All-County Jr. High North music festivals. She has also served as a member of the ECMEA Scholarship committee.
In the spring of 2005, Mrs. Christie was awarded the BPO/ECCMC Excellence in Music Education Award in the instrumental music/string category. The Hoover Middle School Orchestra, under Mrs. Christie’s direction has appeared several times at the BPO Community Nights with huge crowds in attendance. Mrs. Christie is a member of NYSSMA, ECMEA, and Delta Kappa Gamma-Alpha Lambda chapter, and a cellist in a local string quartet. Mrs. Christie resides in the Town of Tonawanda with her husband Harold and 13-year-old son, Michael.
