Christine D. Bruns

Christine D. Bruns is an initiate of Epsilon Chapter at Ithaca College, where she studied oboe and earned both her BM and MM in Music Education. She taught public and private music for over 20 years in New York, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington. She was also a writer for Korea Ye, a blog for military families living overseas in South Korea. As a performer, Christine was a member of the Ithaca Concert Band, Atlanta’s Tara Winds, Bel Air (MD) Community Band, Chesapeake Bay Wind Ensemble, Colorado Springs Chorale (soprano), and a guest oboist with the 4th Infantry Division Band at Ft. Carson, CO and America’s First Corps Army Band at JBLM, WA. From 2023-2024, she served as Musical Director for the SHAPE Performing Arts Centre in Mons, Belgium.

Christine has been affiliated with the Ithaca, International, Baltimore, Raleigh/Durham, Colorado Springs, and Tacoma Alumnae Chapters. She served Sigma Alpha Iota as a Province Officer in Eta B and Tau A Provinces, was the 1st Region VI Regional Officer, and was NVP Collegiate Chapters from 2009-2013. As a Province Officer, Christine helped create a version of the MIT training program and chaired the committee to develop an Officer Training Manual. In 2008, she led the Weave II Leadership Seminar in Greenville, SC. She has led convention workshops on recruitment and multi-tasking chapter activities, and she was the chair of the National Objectives Committee for the 2009 and 2012 National Conventions.

She also served SAI as Editor of PAN PIPES (2015-2024), was Director of the SAI Composers Bureau (2020-2023), and was Chair of the committee for the 2023 edition of the SAI Songbook. She accepted the position of Assistant Executive Director in 2023 and moved into the position of Executive Director in January 2025. Christine is a recipient of the SAI College Honor Award, Scholastic Award, Sword of Honor, Rose of Honor, Wreath of Achievement, Rose of Dedication, and Ring of Excellence.

Christine is married to CW3 Robert Bruns, US Army (Ret.), a former Band Master for the US Army and an SAI Friend of the Arts. They have one son, Michael.