MUSE • Musicians United for Social Equity

Biography

Christie Chiles Twillie is a professional pianist, music director, conductor, composer and sound designer. Originally from West Virginia, Christie’s life has been immersed in the arts and most notably in music, dance and composition for theatre.​​​

Nationally Christie has been on creative teams at Asolo Repertory, Goodspeed Musicals, Paramount Theatre Aurora,Skylight Music Theatre, Theatre Works Hartford, Cape Fear Regional Theatre, GEVA, Northlight, Oregon Shakes,Marriott Theatre, Porchlight Music Theatre, American Players Theatre, the McCarter Center, Definition Theatre,Chicago Childrens Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, American Musical Theatre Project (AMTP), Forward Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Pennsylavnia Shakespeare Festival, The University of the Arts, Northwestern University and The University of Chicago.

Christie’s Bachelor and Masters studies were in Piano Performance and she holds a minor in Dance. Since 2007, she has served as Music Director and Piano Conductor on over 40 musicals including Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Newsies, HAIR, Dreamgirls, Five Guys Named Moe, The Gospel At Colonus, The Fantasticks, Shrek, In The Heights, Jesus Christ Superstar Spring Awakening, Lippa’s Wild Party, Big Fish and Spamalot.

Her original compositions and intricate sound designs were recently heard in Clyde’s (Theatre Works Hartford), Fireflies (Northlight), Vietgone (GEVA), The Niceities (Forward) and Carmella Full of Wishes (Chicago Children’s Theatre, First Stage Milwaukee, Seattle Children’s Theatre) and Notes from the Field (Jeff Recommended – Timeline Theatre).