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As any music lover knows, choral concerts and other live performances have been a casualty of the COVID-19 era. Not only are audiences unable to gather in large groups to appreciate the art, but, as Napa Valley College (NVC) Director of Vocal Studies Dr. Christina Howell notes, public health experts advised against singing in groups, making it impossible for NVCâs 20-voice Chorale to even meet for rehearsals.
Napa Valley College Director of Vocal Studies Dr. Christina Howell has come up with an innovative way for her Chorale students to keep singing during the pandemic. Courtesy of Napa Valley College
Northern California born and bred, Robin grew up in the South Bay where she lived until attending University of the Pacific and getting her teaching credential. She then moved back to the South Bay where she lived until moving up to Napa in 1999. She began her career teaching third grade in Cupertino in 1995 and had spent her years teaching Kindergarten through third grade and being a full-time mom until meeting the owners of the station, Will and Julissa Marcencia, who asked her if she might be interested in a new chapter. Being a HUGE music lover, having always been a “raised on the radio” kind of girl, and being in between teaching jobs, she jumped at the opportunity to try something new. A little mid-life reinvention never hurt anyone, right? She has loved being the Sales and Traffic Lead for Wine Down Media since the fall of 2019 and taking on being an on-air personality since the summer of 2020! You can still find her occasionally substitute teaching in the Valley because i