Kirstine Buchanan

Kirstine Buchanan currently serves as one of the choir directors at Farragut High School in Knoxville, TN. This year, Kirstine will teach Ensemble, Musical Theatre, Beginning Women’s, and 9th Grade Select choir. 

Kirstine graduated in May 2023 with a Master’s Degree in Choral Conducting from Mercer University. During her time at Mercer, she studied choral conducting with Dr. Stanley Roberts and served as his graduate assistant. As the graduate assistant conductor, she frequently conducted the Mercer Singers, Women’s Chamber Choir, and the Middle Georgia Choral Society. During her graduate work, Kirstine studied voice with Marie Jarriel Roberts. From 2022-2023, Kirstine also led the inaugural group of Townsend School of Music Ambassadors. Outside of Mercer, she served as Youth Choir Director and Johnson Fellow at First Baptist Church of Christ. Kirstine worked part time at the Academy of Classical Education in Macon, serving as the Senior High Vocal Coach.

Before her time at Mercer, Kirstine taught general music in Knoxville, Tennessee. Kirstine graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2020, with a Bachelor’s degree in Vocal Music Education. 

During her UT years, she was President of UT’s CNAfMe chapter, state Public Relations Representative and East Tennessee Regional President for Tennessee CNAfME, and a TMEA representative to the 2017 NAfME Collegiate Advocacy Summit in Washington D.C. Kirstine also served as a student ambassador for the UT school of music. During her senior year, she was the director of UT’s reVOLution, the women’s contemporary a cappella group. She was the 2020 School of Music’s Outstanding Graduate Senior in Music Education and a recipient of the Extraordinary Professional Promise citation from the UT College of Arts and Sciences. Kirstine studied voice with Professor Nall, and conducting with Dr. Angela Batey.

Kirstine recently served as Social Media Chair for the 2024 Southern Division ACDA Conference, and is a a member of NAfME, ACDA, and Pi Kappa Lambda.