Christina
Giacona
You can also call me Dr. G
Music Producer & Co-Founder of Onyx Lane
Dr. Christina Giacona
Hello,
I’m a music producer, conductor, and college professor based out of Oklahoma City, OK. I have been lucky enough to record some amazing musicians and I cannot wait for you to hear these albums we have created together.
In the Waiting Room:
4 Works for String Orchestra
The album In the Waiting Room represents an attempt to use the traditional artistic practice of tone poems as a medium for knowledge mobilization for other complex, abstract ideas in science (molecular phase change), socio economics (the South African system of Apartheid), healthcare (breast cancer), and loss (the sudden death of a friend).
In the Waiting Room (Track 1) and The Time We Could Have Lost (Track 5) are a pair of tone poems that came to us unexpectedly in the winter of 2022 as a kind of artistic release from the grief that we experienced that year. In June of 2022, on the same day that one of our best friends died unexpectedly, Christina was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer.
Biography
Christina Giacona is a music producer, composer, and multimedia artist behind the Oklahoma City–based production house Onyx Lane. Known for her immersive soundscapes and interdisciplinary collaborations, Christina’s work bridges classical, experimental, and cinematic music. At Onyx Lane, she collaborates with longtime creative partner Patrick Conlon to produce original works that defy easy categorization—merging classical instrumentation with electronic textures, cinematic storytelling, and deeply personal themes.
Christina regularly works with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and conductor Alexander Mickelthwate, serving as producer on their most recent release VEILS OF JUSTICE featuring the compositions of Hannibal Lokumbe and performers Karen Slack, Brannen Temple, Marilyn Luper, Jabee Williams, Igor Lipinski, the Canterbury Voices, and Ambassadors’ Concert Choir.
As producer and engineer, Christina was thrilled to work on Brian Byrne’s SHE MUST GO featuring jazz vocalists Kurt Elling, Curtis Stigers, Veronica Swift, Tierney Sutton, Kate McGarry, Montel Moore, Nayanna Holley, the LA Children’s Choir, and the Brian Byrne Jazz Orchestra; and on Michael T. Geib’s jazz instrumental album DON’T PANIC featuring Trevor Galvin, Joe Doubleday, and Bill Repavich.
In 2025, Christina also worked as a mix engineer on REQUIEM OF LIGHT, featuring the music of Patti Drennan and performances by The Clarion Choir, Steven Fox, Sangeeta Kaur, and Brian Giebler; as an engineer on Kitt Wakeley’s SE7EN SEASONS featuring Starr Parodi and The Royal Philharmonic; and as a mix engineer on Sekou Andrews’ KOUMAMI featuring Jordan Sparks, LIONBABE, Celeste Prince, and Eric Dawkins.
Christina’s most recent release of original music, IN THE WAITING ROOM: 4 WORKS FOR STRING ORCHESTRA with Jeffrey Grogan, Patrick Conlon, and the Onyx Lane Chamber Orchestra, showcases her bold orchestral writing and production acumen, following up on her acclaimed 2021 post-classical visual album CUBE OF LIGHT. In the Waiting Room (Track 1) and The Time We Could Have Lost (Track 5) are “a pair of tone poems that came to us unexpectedly in the winter of 2022 as a kind of artistic release from the grief that we experienced that year. In June of 2022, on the same day that one of our best friends died unexpectedly, Christina was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. In the Waiting Room is an attempt to put into sound the emotional turmoil, fear, love, and almost hallucinogenic shared experience we had during Christina’s seven-hour surgery.”
Christina was a producer and engineer on Allison Charney‘s album ALIKE: MY MOTHER’S DREAM, featuring Lera Auerbach’s Postscriptum alongside Vasyl Barvinsky’s Song of Songs, and Kian Ravaei’s Morghe Sahar with Marianna Rosett’s Kaddish, along with the first-ever English recording of Amy Beach’s Jephthah’s Daughter only recently rediscovered, having been a casualty of WWI; a new arrangement of Kim D. Sherman’s Invocation, in which she sets her fervent plea: “Make peace on all your lands” in 15 world languages; and, as a tribute to Allison’s mother whose vision of unity inspired the album, Dvořák’s Songs My Mother Taught Me, recorded in Prague, the composer’s birthplace.
Christina also served as producer and mix engineer this year on Frank Ticheli’s ANGEL OF LIGHT with conductor Shanti Simon and the University of Oklahoma Wind Symphony, and as producer and mix engineer on PETER M. TEMKO: WORKS featuring Meghan Merciers, Gretchen Windt, Suren Petrosyan, Whitney O’Neal, Tracy Wiggins, and Jordan Redd.
Previously, Giacona was a producer and engineer on the GRAMMY®-nominated album Impossible Dream by Aaron Lazar (2024), featuring Josh Groban, Neil Patrick-Harris, Kate Baldwin, Norm Lewis, Leslie Odom, Jr., Kelli O-Hara, and Loren Allred, and also have contributed to the GRAMMY®-nominated album Aquamarine by Kirsten Agresta Copely (2024) and the GRAMMY®-winning album An Adoption Story by Kitt Wakeley (2023). Her credits span commercial recordings, film scores, and contemporary art, including projects with Celtic Woman, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Karen Slack, Jonathan Leshnoff, Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, Hannibal Lokumbe, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Other Lives, Julian Lennon, University of Oklahoma Wind Symphony, Fort Smith Symphony, and Oklahoma Contemporary.
Credits
2025
VEILS OF JUSTICE - Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Karen Slack, Brannen Temple, Marilyn Luper, Jabee Williams, Igor Lipinski, the Canterbury Voices, and Ambassadors’ Concert Choir
Credits: Producer and Engineer
ALIKE: MY MOTHER’S DREAM - Allison Charney and Benjamin Loeb
Credits: Producer, Mix Engineer, and Engineer
IN THE WAITING ROOM: 4 WORKS FOR STRING ORCHESTRA -
Christina Giacona, Patrick Conlon, Jeffrey Grogan, and the Onyx Lane Chamber Orchestra
Credits: Composer, Producer, Mix Engineer, and Engineer
FRANK TICHELI: ANGEL OF LIGHT - Shanti Simon and the University of Oklahoma Wind Symphony
Credits: Producer, Mix Engineer, and Engineer
PETER M. TEMKO: WORKS - Various Artists
Credits: Producer, Mix Engineer, and Engineer
SHE MUST GO - Brian Byrne
Featuring: Kurt Elling, Curtis Stigers, Veronica Swift, Tierney Sutton, Kate McGarry, Montel Moore, Nayanna Holley, the LA Children’s Choir, and the Brian Byrne Jazz Orchestra
Credits: Producer and Engineer
DON’T PANIC - Michael T. Geib
Credits: Producer, Mix Engineer, and Engineer
POOLS OF LIGHT - Wind and Wood Duo
Credits: Executive Producer
REQUIEM OF LIGHT - The Clarion Choir, Steven Fox, and Patti Drennan
Credits: Mix Engineer
SE7EN SEASONS - Kitt Wakeley
Credits: Choral Producer, Mix Engineer, and Engineer
KOUMAMI - Sekou Andrews
Credits: Mix Engineer
VOLUME V - Other Lives
Credits: Clarinet and Additional Engineer
SHAYAN - Charu Suri
Credits: Engineer
ROAD TO MEDICINE BOW - Chuck Leah
Credits: Additional Engineer
QUIET POEMS - Kim D. Sherman
Credits: Mastering Engineer
2024
Impossible Dream (GRAMMY® Nominated) - Aaron Lazar
Featuring: Kate Baldwin, Norm Lewis, Rebecca Luker, Leslie Odom Jr., Josh Groban, Kelli O’Hara, Neil Patrick Harris, and Loren Allred
Credits: Producer and Engineer
Echoes of Grace: Choral Music of Patti Drennan - Sterling Ensemble Los Angeles, Onyx Lane Chamber Orchestra, and Michelle Jensen
Credits: Co-Producer and Engineer
Remembrance and Renewal - Tess Remy-Schumacher
Featuring: Vivian Fang Liu and Connor Chee
Credits: Producer, Mix Engineer, and Engineer
Starvation Army: Band Music No.1 Songs of IWW and the Salvation Army - Sing in Solidarity, Brass Band of Columbus, and Chris Westover-Muñoz
Credits: Producer, Mix Engineer, and Engineer
20th Anniversary - Celtic Woman
Credits: Conductor, Contractor, and Clarinet
2023
Aquamarine (GRAMMY® Nominated) - Kirsten Agresta Copely
Credits: Additional Producer and Engineer
Leshnoff: Elegy, Violin Concerto No. 2 & Of Thee I Sing, - Noah Bendix-Balgley, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Alexander Mickelthwate, and Canterbury Voices
Credits: Producer, Mix Engineer, and Engineer
BALLARD, L.W.: Four Moons (The) / Devil's Promenade / Fantasy Aborigine No. 3 / Scenes from Indian Life - John Jeter and the Fort Smith Symphony
Credits: Clarinet and Consultant
No Justice, No Peace - Chris Prather
Credits: Engineer
Pavane for Piano and String Quartet - Sunshine and Snow
Credits: Composer, Producer, Mix Engineer, and Engineer
2022
Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Bryan E. Miller
Credits: Contractor
Not As They Seem - Michael T. Geib
Credits: Producer, Mix Engineer, and Engineer
Dragonetti: 12 Waltzes for Solo Double Bass - Michael T. Geib
Credits: Producer, Mix Engineer, and Engineer
Reimagined Possibilities: Works for Clarinet and Percussion - John Jeter and the Fort Smith Symphony
Credits: Producer and Mix Engineer
Radio Static - Devil Sticks
Credits: Clarinet, Mix Engineer, Engineer
Cube of Light - Christina Giacona and Patrick Conlon
Credits: Composer, Producer, Mix Engineer, and Engineer
Jude - Julian Lennon
Credits: Additional Engineer and Contractor
Nocturne in C Major: Àla Chopin - Christina Giacona and Patrick Conlon
Credits: Composer, Producer, Mix Engineer, and Engineer
An Adoption Story (GRAMMY® Winning) - Kitt Wakeley and London Symphony Orchestra
Credits: Additional Engineer
2021