Christopher is a composer, arranger, orchestrator, audio producer and educational author. He studied composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and at the University of Cambridge, and his original music includes orchestral concert pieces, choral music, jazz scores, theatre music and works for children and amateur musicians. His work has been performed at venues including the Barbican Centre, Purcell Room, St. John’s Smith Square and Wigmore Hall. His choral work Dreamtide was shortlisted by BASCA in the British Composer Awards in 2012, and in 2015, two of his concert pieces for woodwind orchestra were released on the contemporary classical music album, Twisted Skyscape, performed by the Czech Philharmonic Wind Ensemble. As an orchestrator, Christopher has worked on musical theatre scores and orchestral scores for TV, and his work as an arranger includes over 400 sheet music publications and recordings (ranging from choral pop scores to classical piano albums), big band arrangements and a concert suite of the Oscar-winning film score from ‘Atonement’ for its composer Dario Marianelli. Having lived in Horsham for over 13 years, he very much enjoys opportunities to work with local music-makers, including Zoë Peate’s choir, Cantatrice, and the Build an Opera children’s summer school at Chesworth Farm (2013/14) with opera singer Mark Bradbury. In 2013, he was commissioned by West Sussex Music and Ardingly College to contribute three songs to Songs for Now and Then for choir and orchestra/piano. This set of songs received multiple performances throughout the county, including performances at Ardingly College, Chichester Cathedral and the orchestral premiere by the West Sussex County Youth Orchestra and massed schools choir in Worthing (January 2014), and received its London premiere by the New London Children’s Choir, conducted by Ronald Corp OBE in March 2014. christopherhussey.co.uk