Faculty & Staff

Paul Christianson

  • Professor, Music
  • School of Music and Worship Arts
  • B.A., Northwest Nazarene University
  • M.A., University of Idaho
  • D.M.A., 1997, University of Georgia
  • M.A., Trevecca Nazarene University

Contact Info

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  • Office: 615-248-1293

Paul Christianson has taught at Trevecca since 1993 and currently teaches fine arts, music appreciation and private piano. In 1987, Paul won the Idaho Music Teachers Association Student Auditions Wurlitzer Collegiate Artist Competition in the piano category. In 1990, he placed second in the Pro-Mozart Society of Atlanta Scholarship Competition, where he was the highest-placing instrumentalist and the only non-faculty prizewinner. In 2000, Paul won Trevecca’s Teaching Excellence Award.

Areas of Expertise

  • Piano/Keyboard Performance
  • Piano/Keyboard Pedagogy
  • Music Appreciation
  • Music in Western Culture

Accolades and Honors

  • Original composition, "Nocturne," was published in the Fall 1988 edition of College Musician magazine.
  • Performed as the pianist for Ludwig van Beethoven's "Choral Fantasy, Opus 80" in April 2014.