New Hire: Cristina Cutts Dougherty, Phoenix Symphony

Cristina Cutts Dougherty is the new Principal Tubist with the Phoenix Symphony. Cristina grew up in South Africa, England, New York, and New Mexico, and was the 2016 Young Artist winner of the International Tuba Euphonium Competition. She went on to win the Grand Prize in the Pasadena Showcase Competition in 2017, and has appeared as a soloist with the Colburn Orchestra, in the Kennedy Center, and on the radio show Performance Today with Fred Child. Cristina is the tubist for Seraph Brass, and has played with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, and the Louisville Orchestra.