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CHRIS THOMPSON
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Originally from the San Francisco bay area, Chris Thompson performs an eclectic mix of orchestral, solo, and chamber music all over the world, and has quickly become a fixture of the freelance scene in New York City. Recent highlights include performing on stage in the world premier of Tan Dun's The First Emperor at the Metropolitan Opera, tours of Europe and Russia with the contemporary chamber music ensemble Alarm Will Sound , playing the Apollo theater with the band Antony and the Johnsons , and performing as a soloist numerous times with the American Contemporary Music Ensemble. Chris is in demand in New York City as a freelancer in orchestral music, contemporary chamber music, and Broadway, and has performed with the Lincoln Center Festival, Metropolitan Opera , Los Angeles Philharmonic , New York Chamber Soloists , New York City Master Chorale , Stamford Symphony , Axiom Ensemble , Continuum , and Vermont Mozart Festival , among many others. He performs regularly at the Broadway productions of Wicked and The Phantom of the Opera, and will join the Radio City Music Hall Orchestra for the 2009 production of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular .
Chris holds a Master's Degree from the Juilliard School , where he was a student of Daniel Druckman, a Bachelor's Degree from UCLA in percussion performance and composition as a student of Mitchell Peters and Roger Bourland, and a Specialists Certificate in Electronic Music Production from the Berklee School of Music. Chris currently resides in Brooklyn where he spends his free time inventing funny electronic music and trying to read Japanese Comics . |
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