Sharri VanAlstine

Sharri VanAlstine is currently teaching Choir, Class Piano, and Beginning Applied Piano at Anoka Ramsey Community College on the Cambridge Campus.  Sharri is also an Instructor of Record and Ph. D. student at the University of Minnesota, working on her degree in Music Education.  She teaches music methods courses and works with student teachers in music education in addition to her coursework.  Sharri has taught high school and middle school choral music, music appreciation, and voice lessons for 17 years, including 2 years at Black Forest Academy in southwestern Germany.  In addition to her teaching duties, she has traveled and performed with Evangelion, a professional choir based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on semi-annual tours to Ukraine.  She has also directed the Sanctuary Choir at First Baptist Church in Cambridge, Minnesota for 16 years.  Sharri earned her Bachelorʼs in Music Education at Bethel University (formerly Bethel College) in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and her Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota.