Biography

As well as performing, Chris has been employed as associate Musical Director for the New York Musical Theatre Festival, Broadway, performing Grant Olding's Three Sides The Musical and the English Theatre's production of City of Angels. He has also worked with the English Theatre in Frankfurt, the Ilford Operatic and Dramatic Society (Nov 2007), the Hazlitt Theatre summer festival (Aug 2007) and the Bridewell Theatre for their production of Aladdin (Jan 2008).

Chris has also worked as assistant MD for the National Youth Music Theatre, performing for Tony Blair at the TUC conference in Brighton before going on to MD for the Musical Born of Glass at the Albany Theatre for the Y-Touring Company and for Howard Goodall's The Dreaming for the Hazlitt Youth Theatre.

• The Witches of Eastwick
• Kiss Me Kate
• The Vackees
• Little Shop of Horrors
• West Side Story
• The King and I
• The Saint of Bleecker Street
• Bat Boy

From 1999 - 2002, Chris was a member of Nova, a contemporary music group as pianist and percussionist.

Chris has recently orchestrated and directed the first Cast Recording of "Yeti An Abominamusical" which was first seen at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2006.

Described by Richard Ormrod as "an uncontrived vigourous musicality" Chris received critical acclaim for his performances of Prokofiev's 2nd piano concerto which he last performed in a joint concert with Karl Lutchmayer at the Warehouse in October 2006 as part of the Conversational Concerts series.

Other Solo work includes:

• Masterclass with Derek Han on Prokofiev's 2nd piano concerto at the first Classicalive event.
• New Quays: an improvisation concert led by Douglas Finch
• A World Premiere performance of "Breathe" by Edmund Joliffe for piano and saxophone choir, performed at Blackheath Concert Halls.

Chris' concerto performances include

• Bach: Keyboard concerto no 1 in D minor
• Mozart: Piano concerto No. 20 in D minor
• Shostakovich: Piano concerto No. 2 in F Major
• Prokofiev: Piano concerto No. 2 in G minor
• Gershwin: 2nd Rhapsody for piano and Orchestra

Orchestral Work

Chris's orchestral work includes Bromley Symphony Orchestra, Whitehall Orchestra and Trinity College of Music Wind Orchestra and Coontemporary Music Group

Education
Chris's schooling took place at Lawnswood School, Leeds (1995 - 2002) Chris's graduate studies took place at Trinity College of Music: BMus (2002 - 2007)

Teachers: Mikhail Kazekavich (2003 - 2007), John Bingham and Andrew Zolinsky (2002 - 2003), and Nigel Pitceathley (1995 - 2002). He also studied singing with Sophie Grimmer and saxophone with Melanie Henry.

Chris's web links
www.chrishuntleymusic.com

Chris joined Morgensterns in February 2008

Chris's web profile was last updated 20th Feb 2010

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