We are so unbelievably excited to welcome Dr. Kristin Griffeath as our music director for the 2026 Mainstage Musical, Disney’s Frozen. We are so lucky to and excited to have such an experienced and talented musician on board to help lead our students this summer. Kristin has worked with our students in the Trollwood Conservatory program the last two summers and we are thrilled to have her step into this new role.
She hails from Plymouth, Minnesota and brings over fifteen years of experience teaching music at the elementary and collegiate levels. Griffeath attended the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music in Appleton, WI, where she double majored in Music Education (Choral/Vocal) and Piano Performance. She studied at the University of Arizona in Tucson, teaching elementary music while earning a master’s degree in voice performance. At the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, she pursued a DMA in vocal performance and a second master’s degree in musicology. After twelve years of teaching voice, music history, and opera as a full professor at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma, she relocated with her family to the Fargo-Moorhead area in the fall of 2023. She currently teaches elementary music for the West-Fargo Public School District at Horace Elementary, where she enjoys helping young musicians discover the amazing world of music-making. She has recently enjoyed a chance to return to the voice studio at Concordia College, where she now teaches applied voice. The last two summers have brought exciting opportunities to work with Trollwood students in the Musical Theatre Conservatory summer course, and she is thrilled to be stepping into music direction for Trollwood’s 2026 Mainstage Musical production of Frozen.