Name: Kristin Arp
Title: Instructor, Music Education and Assistant Director of Bands
Education: D.M.A., University of North Carolina, Greensboro,
M.M.E. & B.M., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Office: CMUS 224
Phone: 803/323-2572
E-mail: arpk@winthrop.edu
Area(s): Music Education
Kristin Arp is Instructor of Music and Assistant Band Director at Winthrop University. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she received her Doctor of Musical Arts in instrumental conducting with Dr. Jonathan Caldwell. At UNCG, she taught courses in undergraduate conducting and directed the UNCG Concert Band. Prior to UNCG, she taught middle and high school band in Tennessee for six years.
Kristin served as the Assistant Conductor of the Duke Wind Symphony located in Durham, NC from 2023–2024. At Duke, she taught courses in instrumental conducting and held additional administrative responsibilities with the Duke Wind Symphony. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music education and instrumental conducting from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she studied with Dr. Donald Ryder and Dr. David Royse. At UT, she conducted the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Trumpet Ensemble, and worked as a Graduate Assistant for the Pride of the Southland Marching Band.
