Clarinetist Christopher Bush holds the position of Principal Clarinet with the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra in Glens Falls, NY and is a member of Boston-based avant garde and contemporary music ensemble the Callithumpian Consort. Previously holding a position as principal clarinetist with the Boston Civic Symphony, Christopher has also performed with the Boston Philharmonic, the Albany Symphony, the New York String Orchestra, the Indian Hill Symphony, the Cape Cod Symphony, the Nashua Symphony, the Granite State Opera, the Granite State Symphony, and the New England Philharmonic. During the 2006-2007 season, an invitation from the Seoul Philharmonic had Christopher performing for several months as Guest Associate Principal and Eb Clarinet throughout South Korea.
He has participated in concert series in Europe and the United States, including Les Flaneries Musicales d'Ete in Reims, France, the Open Air Klassik Hoppegarten in Berlin, the New School Concert Series at Carnegie Hall, Harvard Group For New Music Concerts, Boston's New Gallery Concert Series, NEC's Keller Jazz Series, the Boston New Arts Initiative Concerts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's Young Artists Showcase, and New London's Summer Music Series in New Hampshire. In Boston's Jordan Hall, he has taken part in the Composer's Series, Enchanted Circle Series, Tuesday New Music Series, and annual Festival Weeks. While in Seoul, South Korea, Christopher was also invited to perform as a guest soloist on the "Music Story For You" Charity Concert at the Seoul Arts Center. He has also appeared as a soloist with the Calithumpian Consort in Pozzi Escot's new Clarinet Concerto and as a competition winner with the New England Conservatory Symphony in Debussy's Premier Rhapsodie.
Christopher's frequent performances of contemporary music have lead him to work with composers Gunther Schuller, Steve Reich, Frederic Rzewski, Lee Hyla, Alvin Lucier, Michael Finnissy, Joan Tower, Pozzi Escot, Lowell Liebermann, Paul Elwood, Walter Zimmermann, John Heiss, Tamar Diesendruck, and Malcolm Peyton on performances of their own music. With pianist Carol Minor, Christopher commissioned Japanese-British composer Yumi Hara Cawkwell's "Six Flowers" for clarinet and piano, which they world premiered in Glens Falls, NY and UK premiered in London's Regent Hall as guests of the London New Winds Festival and England's Women in Music organization.
Christopher's chamber music performances have been radio broadcast live on Boston's WGBH and his orchestral playing has been carried on the PBS special, "A Taste of Chanukah." While in South Korea, he appeared live and recorded in performance with the Seoul Philharmonic on the MBC, SBS, KBS, and Arirang television networks as well as the KBS radio network. Christopher was also featured on the soundtrack to the Huntington Theatre's production of "Dead End." Christopher has recorded for Albany Records and Mode Records. Several of his recordings of contemporary chamber music with the Callithumpian Consort are also awaiting release.
Christopher completed his M.M. and B.M. at the New England Conservatory, where he studied with Boston Symphony member Thomas Martin. He is currently a PhD candidate at NYU Steinhardt as a student of Esther Lamneck. Christopher has also studied with Robert Listokin.
Christopher has been on the faculties of the Boston Community Music Center, the Chestnut Hill School of Music, the Brimmer and May School, the Lincoln Public Schools, and the Northampton Community Music Center. Additionally, through the Boston Community Music Center, Mr. Bush was part of the Fidelity Mutual's first Future Stages project, which took him and his clarinet into Boston's inner-city schools.