Current Graduate Students
Graduate list:
Christopher Stark is currently studying composition as a DMA student at Cornell University. His current teachers include Kevin Ernste, Roberto Sierra and Steven Stucky.
Christopher has received degrees in composition from the Cincinnati
Conservatory (MM) and the University of Montana (BM). At these
institutions and abroad in Vienna, he studied acoustic and
electro-acoustic music with Joel Hoffman, Michael Fiday, Charles Nichols, Mara Helmuth, Wolfram Wagner and David Maslanka.
Christopher was selected to attend the Music '06 Festival in
Cincinnati, the Oregon Bach Festival in 2004, two Mountain Computer
Music Festivals in 2004 and 2006, the f(x) Music Miami Marathon in 2007
and a Stanford CCRMA Forum in 2006.
Christopher's music has been described as, "F@$#ing beautiful, man!" by NYC bass trombonist Dave Taylor.
Most recently, Christopher's orchestral work Drowning & Shoegazing
was chosen as the winner of the 2007 Cincinnati Conservatory Orchestra
competition and will be premiered by Christopher on solo trombone with
the CCM Orchestra in January 2008. Christopher was also commissioned by
the Big Sky High School Band to write a work for their Carnegie Hall
debut in March of 2008.
Christopher grew up on the Flathead Indian Reservation in rural northwestern Montana. Montana's mountains, people and immense natural beauty are an abundant source of inspiration to him. Christopher began his musical training at the age of 14 when he joined his first heavy metal band as a guitarist and singer.