Dr. Christine Burczyk Allen, Associate Professor of Music at Northwestern State University of Louisiana, teaches Applied Piano, coordinates the Group Piano/Piano Pedagogy, and serves as the choral accompanist for the NSU Chamber Choir. Dr. Allen holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge where studied with Constance Knox Carroll and Dr. Jennifer Hayghe. She received the Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from University of Kansas and her Master of Music degree from Northwestern State University of Louisiana. Prior to her appointment at NSU, she served on the faculty at William Woods College in Missouri and spent several summers as a staff accompanist at the Interlochen Arts Camp in Interlochen, MI.

In NSU’s Dept. of Music, Dr. Allen was the 1999-2000 recipient of the Johanna Magale Endowed Professorship at NSU and as such traveled to Poland to study with internationally recognized pianist/composer Andrzej Dutkiewicz. Dr. Allen performs both as a soloist and accompanist for faculty recitals and as accompanist for the NSU Chamber Choir. She has performed as soloist with the Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony and with several orchestras in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Idaho.

Dr. Allen is an internationally recognized teacher and clinician in Suzuki Piano Pedagogy and is a registered Teacher Trainer with the Suzuki Association of the Americas. She has appeared at workshops and conferences throughout the United States, including Alaska, and Canada. An MTNA certified teacher, Dr. Allen has served on the LMTA State Certification Board and as Chair of the MTNA Collegiate Artist Performance/Chamber Music Auditions.

Office: Bldg. 025--Rm. 208
Phone: 357-5854
Email: christine@nsula.edu