Kristin Isaacson is an American cellist and college professor at Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas

Abilene, Texas

Abilene is a city in Taylor and Jones counties in west central Texas. The population was 117,063 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2006 estimated population of 158,063. It is the county seat of Taylor County...

. She is also a member of the Abilene Philharmonic. She specializes in jazz and improvization.

Life

She received her Bachelors Degree in Cello Performance from the University of Indiana in 1998 and a Masters in Cello Performance from Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...

 in 2000. She joined the faculty at Hardin Simmons University in 2006. She completed her Doctorate in Cello Performance in 2007 from Louisiana State University. Her doctoral thesis pursued the topic of translating the improvisation style of Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Charles Parker, Jr. , famously called Bird or Yardbird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer....

 to the Cello.

She has performed extensively throughout New England

New England

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, Louisiana

Louisiana

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, and Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

. In addition to the Abilene Philharmonic, she has performed with the Ohio Light Opera

Ohio Light Opera

The Ohio Light Opera is a professional opera company based in Wooster, Ohio that performs the light opera repertory, including Gilbert and Sullivan, American, British and continental operettas, and other musical theatre works, especially of the late 19th and early 20th centuries...

, The Craftsbury Chamber Players, the Vermont Symphony and the Lexington Philharmonic.
She has held faculty positions at Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Kentucky University, commonly referred to as Eastern or by the acronym EKU by local residents, is an undergraduate and graduate teaching and research institution located in Richmond, Kentucky, U.S.A.. EKU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...

 and Abilene Christian University

Abilene Christian University

Abilene Christian University is a private university located in Abilene, Texas, affiliated with Churches of Christ. ACU was founded in 1906, as Childers Classical Institute...

. Dr. Isaacson also performed in Argentina

Argentina

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 in 2009. She is scheduled to perform in London

London

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 in May of 2011. She has also participated in several performances with pianist Leslie Spotz

Leslie Spotz

Leslie Spotz is an American pianist.-Biography:Spotz studied, as a full-scholarship recipient, at the Curtis Institute of Music with Mieczysław Horszowski, who was associated with Pablo Casals.She completed her doctorate at Rutgers University in 2002....

, including two performances in Texas in March of 2011. She was married in 2010 and she and her husband Alan Seals have a daughter.