Projects ever-updating things I'm up to now...
Composition
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I write lyrical music for solo guitar, ukulele and other instruments. I am currently working on writing an intermediate-level ukulele solo book, writing, and recording some of my guitar work.
"I'm obsessed with the music Christopher writes for ukulele and guitar. It's challenging, beautiful, and rewarding to play. In his music, Christopher really dives into what you don't hear everyday...no 'strummy-strummy' over here, just something refreshingly creative and emotionally vulnerable, something that allows you to know the instruments (and the composer) in an intimate way." -Ashley H
Small but Mighty Song Writers Group
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I host and participate in a monthly song writers group with friends and fellow musicians. We play for each other, offer support and creative criticism, and get our own pieces of music worked by the group.
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In addition to other amazing projects, our group is collaborating on a multi-participant musical collage called Alone But Never Alone spearheaded by the amazing Gayla Drake
Performance
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I recently recorded guitar tracks for Family Folk Machine's version of "The Silence" by Susan Stamnes who, I am honored to say, is one of my ukulele students.
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One of the August 2020 featured readers in the Iowa City Poetry monthly online series "Today You Are Perfect" hosted by Jennifer MacBain-Stephens
musician teacher writer artist