Chris is a music educator, conductor, and arranger who has also been performing in the Pacific Northwest as a violinist, violist, and vocalist for over twenty years. He currently directs the orchestral and high school choral programs at Trinity Academy in North Portland, and has conducted and coached students of the Metropolitan Youth Symphony, Junior Symphony of Vancouver, and the Oregon East Symphony. As a performer, he has appeared off stage in many musicals, most recently as the violinist in Young Frankenstein with Stumptown Stages.  He has performed with many regional symphonies in the Pacific Northwest as a violinist and violist, and as a vocalist has performed with the Portland Baroque Chorus, the Portland Vocal Consort, and the Resonance Ensemble.