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Orchestrations

Chris’s television credits include Tiny Ballroom Dancers; Dame Edna Treatment; 5 o’Cclock With Bradley Walsh; Duets Impossible; Soapstar Superstar; An Audience With Lionel
Ritchie; Cirque du Celebrité (Love Productions); BBC’s Just the Two Of Us; BBC1’s All Time Greatest Movie Songs; Television License campaign and Late Night With Jerry Springer.

His radio credits include BBC2’s Michael Ball celebrates Anthony Newley, BBC2’s Friday Night Is Music Night with John Barrowman and BBC’s Voice of Musical Theatre (2000-2006).

Musical Associate credits include Another Audience With Shirley Bassey (for which he arranged and orchestrated all of the music), Proms in the Park, ITV’s The Princes Trust 2006 and The Royal Variety Performance 2005. He also provided the musical arrangements and orchestration for Shirley Bassey’s 2006 UK tour The Dame Is Back and was Musical Director for Elaine Page’s 2006 UK and European tours, and her 2007 Palm Beach and Hong Kong Concerts.

Highlights of Chris’s career include composing the original score for the hit animation series Girlstuff Boystuff that is enjoying worldwide TV distribution. Chris traveled to Las Vegas to perform on Jane McDonald’s DVD Live in Las Vegas filmed at the MGM Grand and was musical associate, co-arranger and programmer for the project.

Theatrical credits include Morse Live at the Albert Hall and Associate Musical Supervisor for the new musical Daddy Cool (Shaftesbury Theatre). Chris also orchestrated and wrote new musical arrangements for Footloose (UK tour); the new pop musical Love Shack (UKtour); Kiss Me, Kate (UK tour) and revised the orchestrations for the West End production of Calamity Jane.

He is the Creative Director of VIVACE, a company that provides music production services and support for theatre productions and media composers.