About Me
My name is Kristy Gwyn and I have been teaching Orchestra at Northside Middle School for 22 years. I'm super excited to begin teaching School Based Enterprise this year and see all the creations that come out of this class!
I began playing the violin in fifth grade and the viola during my freshmen year in college. I graduated with a Bachelor of Music in May of 2002 and a Master of Music Education in May of 2005 both from the University of South Carolina. I worked in conjunction with two professors at major universities on a research project to write the "Development and Validation of an Orchestra Performance Rating Scale" which was presented at the "5th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Music Education Research" on July 15, 2005. I obtained National Board Certification in the area of Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood in Music in December of 2006 and renewed this Certification in December 2016.
When I'm not at school I enjoy spending time with my fifteen year old daughter that does competitive dance. We love traveling and doing water sports at Lake Murray. I also run a small monogramming business.
I'm looking forward instilling a love of music that students will carry on for the rest of their lives.
