Chris McGlumphy is a composer, musician, record producer and concert presenter/producer. His works include When In Nomine . . . for bass viol, live electronics, and tape; My Dark Star for amplified viola da gamba; and Two Artifacts for viol consort (chosen as a finalist in the 2000 Traynor competition, sponsored by the Viola da Gamba Society of America). He has also composed scores for a number of films, including the award winning independent feature Being Claudine, Vasarma’s Lovers, and the experimental silent film Synchronicity; as well as works for live theater such as Gibbous Moon, Inchoate’s Journal, James Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake and songs for the American premiere of Dario Fo’s The Devil With Boobs.

Chris is a multi-instrumentalist, but performs most frequently on viola da gamba. He picked up the instrument while studying in the UK, and has studied in the US with both Tina Chancey and Margaret Panofsky. He performed for several years with the New York University Collegium Musicum, and also with his own trio of flute, guitar and viola da gamba called Ichos. Currently he plays with the Bevington Consort in Pittsburgh, PA and in his own solo works.

Chris has produced several live albums by classical music artists, including the New York University Collegium Musicum, the Temple Musicians in Medicine and Relâche; plus, a studio album by Ichos. He’s also produced the soundtracks for several of his film scores, which have featured a variety of styles, from the orchestral Being Claudine to the electronic Synchronicity. Recently, Chris produced the single Continue for New York-based pop/electronica artist Laurits. Chris is also active as a producer of live concerts.

From 2004 to 2006 Chris was Managing Director of Philadelphia’s groundbreaking new music ensemble Relâche. During this time he presented 26 concerts and 14 world premiere works, including a major new work from composer Gavin Bryars; an evening-length drama by the Minimum Security Composers Collective based on the books of Maurice Sendak; a screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic silent The Lodger with a new live score by British composer Joby Talbot; and composer Jay Fluellen’s innovative tribute to Ben Franklin’s 300th birthday that brought together the Relâche Ensemble octet, a gospel choir, original poetry and film for special performances at the National Constitution Center and the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas in Philadelphia.

From 2006 to 2008, Chris was Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society where he presented a series of 6 to 8 chamber music concerts per season featuring some of the world’s most renowned musicians. He also designed the largest special event in the organization’s history – a two-year, eight concert festival of string quartets that included the commissioning of four new works.

Chris completed his undergraduate studies at Dickinson College, where he earned a B.A. in Music and a B.S. in Mathematics, and his graduate work at New York University, where received an M.M. in Music Technology. While at NYU, he studied composition with Ken Valitsky, Nick Didkovsky, Philip Johnston, and Ron Sadoff; Max/MSP programming with Dafna Naphtali; and audio editing with Emmy winning sound editor Sean Huff. Chris has worked with, among others, the Music Department of ABC Television, one of America’s oldest and most respected classical music publishers, G. Schirmer, Inc., Philadelphia’s groundbreaking new music ensemble, Relâche, and the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society.

Currently, Chris is the Director of Development and Sound Designer for the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble and is excited to be a part of that organization’s first international tour this summer (2008).