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Chris Conner
Bio: Chris Conner is
multi-instrumentalist and composer who grew up in West Chester
Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. Chris attended high
school in Colchester Connecticut where he was a member of the
All-State Chorus as a baritone and All-New England Band as a
trumpeter. He went on to get a bachelors degree in music
from Hampshire College and a Masters Degree in music composition
from CCNY. Along the way, he studied composition with
Pulitzer Prize winning composers Lew Spratlan and David Del
Tredici. Since his arrival in California, Chris has toured
the country and recorded three albums as the drummer of the band
Channing Cope. He has been teaching at the Youth Arts
Academy since 2002. Chris has a little baby girl named
Cadence Lilly and a wife named Carla.