Krista Wallace-Boaz - Faculty Athletics Representative - Staff Directory

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Krista Wallace-Boaz

Title:
Faculty Athletics Representative
Email:
Phone:
852-5638

Krista Wallace-Boaz joined the UofL School of Music faculty in Fall of 2000. Appointed by the President as the Faculty Athletics Representative beginning July 1, 2020, she is currently Associate Dean of the School of Music, Professor of Piano and Pedagogy, chair of the Faculty Senate (2018-2020), ex-officio on the UofL Foundation Board of Directors, and Faculty Trustee on the University of Louisville Board of Trustees. From 2016-2018 she served as Vice-Chair of the University of Louisville Athletics Association Board of Directors and was a member of the Committee on Academic Performance. A current ACC Fellow, Krista completed the ACC Academic Leaders Network program in Spring of 2020.

A native of Somerset, Kentucky, Krista received the University of Louisville’s Distinguished Faculty Award for Service in 2013. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from the University of Louisville, a Master of Music in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Northwestern University, and a Doctor of Music in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Northwestern University. Krista also holds three certificates from the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg, Russia. She has appeared in concerts across the United States as well as England, Austria, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Russia and Scotland. In addition to her work at UofL, Krista also serves as the Director of Operations for the Chamber Music Society of Louisville, is the Southern Division Composition Coordinator for MTNA Competitions, and the State Coordinator for the MTNA Composition Competition.