About Us

She is a member of Music Educators National Conference, the NJ Music Educators Association, the Gordon Institute of Music Learning, the NJ Education Association, and past member of the Organization of American Kodaly Educators and  Philadelphia Area Orff Schulwerk Association. Christine was the recipient of a New Jersey Governor's Teaching Scholarship and was selected as a participant in the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Band, the NJ All-State Band, and the NJ Governor's School of the Arts. She was conductor for the South Jersey Choral Directors Association Elementary Choral Festival in spring 2007.

Christine teaches general/vocal music teacher to grades pre-K through 4 in the Woodstown-Pilesgrove, NJ, Regional School District (visit her school web page). She has also taught elementary general/vocal music in Hamilton Twp. (Atlantic Co., NJ) Public Schools and instrumental music in several South Jersey parochial and private schools.  She also teaches early childhood music classes and children's yoga classes during the summer. 

Christine is an experienced performer on several instruments, including piano, flute, voice, euphonium, trombone, and trumpet. She is a professional piano accompanist and is available as a classical or jazz/contemporary pianist, flautist, or vocalist for weddings and other functions in the NJ/DE/Phila. region. She is also a composer of works for chorus as well as some contemporary songs; visit her MySpace page at www.myspace.com/christinenowmos to hear some of her music. 

Jeffrey Nowmos is a 1994 magna cum laude graduate of Temple University's Esther Boyer School of Music, with a Bachelor of Music degree in jazz guitar performance.

Jeff is a well-rounded musician, at home either as a soloist or as part of a group. He has experience with a wide range of musical styles from classical guitar and piano, traditional and modern jazz, contemporary/pop, to hard rock. He has played guitar with a wide variety of ensembles throughout the South Jersey/Philadelphia region, including traditional jazz quartet Spiral, jazz/contemporary duo Another Place, dance/party band Road Scholars, and is founder/leader of the Jeff Nowmos Jazz Trio/Quartet. Jeff has also played guitar and bass for several South Jersey/Phila area musical theater productions, and was bassist for Grateful Dead tribute band Acoustic Culture. In addition, he has more than a decade’s experience as a solo guitarist and pianist for restaurants, weddings, and private parties.

Jeff has composed over a hundred rock and jazz songs, a String Quartet, works for choir, for piano and for classical/solo guitar. He is currently working on a Symphony/large scale composition.  As a composer, Jeff seeks to transcend stylistic boundaries by incorporating elements of classical, jazz and even rock music into his compositions. Visit our Original Music page to hear clips of some of Jeff’s latest recordings, and go to his composer website at www.jeffnowmos.com and his MySpace page at www.myspace.com/jeffnowmos to hear even more!