Christopher Foss (he/they) is a bassoonist, multi-instrumentalist, and teaching artist with experience performing on Broadway tours, contemporary music ensembles, regional orchestras, and collaborating with traditional music artists of various styles. He has played in renowned venues such as Carnegie Hall and Walt Disney Concert Hall and toured for two continuous years across China, India, and much of Southeast Asia with the broadway show The Sound of Music. Chris specializes in bassoon and clarinet in addition to the other woodwinds and is a dedicated student of traditional Kinko-ryu shakuhachi flute playing. He is a graduate of the contemporary performance MFA program at California Institute of the Arts, and has completed additional orchestral training at the Gaetano Donizetti Institute in Bergamo, Italy and Lynn Philharmonia. He is formerly contrabassoonist with the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra and American Youth Symphony, and has played with regional orchestras across the East and West coasts.

Chris has been coaching woodwind players since 2010 during his degree studies at the University of New Hampshire. His approach as a teacher is shaped by the generosity of his own mentors and curiosity in the learning process itself. He is currently adjunct lecturer of music at Brooklyn’s City College of Technology, and has given classes at university music programs in California, Florida, New Hampshire, Maine, and New York. He is an active teaching artist working within elementary classrooms and beginning band programs across the city, and has been lucky to work with students aged 4 and up.