Christine Lechter is an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Maine at Augusta. She teaches applied lessons in Piano and Voice, Music Theory courses, and 20th and 21st Century Music History. She is also the director of UMA’s newest steel drum ensemble.

Christine received a Master of Music degree in piano performance from Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Music degree from Westminster Choir College of Rider University. Prior to moving to Maine, Christine was on the faculty of Westminster Conservatory of Music in Princeton, NJ and presented lecture recitals about women composers for seminars hosted by Westminster Choir College as well as service organizations in New Jersey. She served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco from 2000-2002.

Christine has performed both as a solo pianist and accompanist in the Augusta area, and as a soprano soloist with the Oratorio Chorale, the First Parish Church in Brunswick, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Falmouth, and the Puma Jazz Quartet in Augusta. She has been a member of the St. Mary’s Schola since its inception in 2008, the Reprise Choral Ensemble, and has previously been a member of the Androscoggin Chorale, The Occasional Chorale, the Choral Arts Society’s Camerata, Singers, and Masterworks Choirs.

Brendan Wilson was born in Ivins, Utah, starting piano at age 5. He continued to play some piano and sing through high school until making a decision to pursue Music Education at the University of Vermont, receiving a B.S. in Music Education in 2014.

Brendan has worked at various summer camps as a Music Specialist and Accompanist for camp Broadway Shows, including Seussical, Rock of Ages, James and the Giant Peach, Hello Dolly and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown! He has worked on a variety of projects like collaborating with Music Production and Fine Arts students and creating album covers and music associated with certain genres.

Currently, he teaches private piano lessons at the Arts After School Program at Snow Pond Center for the Arts and is the piano accompanist for Hall-Dale Schools, the Pineland Suzuki Strings program, Penney Memorial Baptist Church, and the CODA Chorus. When he is not doing music, he likes to relax, take walks and hang out with his family on the weekends.