Christine and Jeffrey Nowmos - Music for Any Occasion

 

 

 

About Us

Christine Nowmos is a 1992 cum laude graduate of Grove City College with a Bachelor of Music degree in music education.  She received her Masters of Music degree in music education from West Chester University in 2006. Christine holds a New Jersey state teaching certificate for K-12 vocal and instrumental music and is certified in the Kodaly Method of music education.

She is a member of Music Educators National Conference, the NJ Music Educators Association, the Organization of American Kodaly Educators, Philadelphia Area Orff Schulwerk Association, and the NJ Education 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 Asoociaition Elementary Choral Festival in spring 2007.

Christine teaches general/vocal music teacher to grades K-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.

Christine is an experienced performer on several instruments, including piano, euphonium, trombone, flute, trumpet, and voice. 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.

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 can be heard Thursday evenings on solo guitar at
The Rushes Restaurant in Woodstown, NJ from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.

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 to hear even more and download full-length mp3s!

Jeff and Christine were married on June 1, 1996. They live in Woodstown, NJ, with their son, George, born September 25, 2003, and their Dalmatian mix, Jessie.