About Chris

Originally from the San Francisco bay area, percussionist Chris Thompson is in high demand as a chamber musician and soloist in New York city, and has performed all over the world with an eclectic mix of ensembles and musicians. He is a member of Alarm Will Sound, the American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME), the Knights Chamber Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of New York, the Line C3 percussion group, and the Vermont Mozart Festival Orchestra, and has performed as a guest at the Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center Festival, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Chamber Soloists, New York City Master Chorale, Stamford Symphony, as well as for On- and Off-Broadway theater, including the New York productions of Wicked and The Phantom of the Opera.

Chris has recorded for numerous solo and chamber music projects, including for Nonesuch, Sony Classical, BET, and A&E Networks. He holds a M.M. from Juilliard, where he studied with Daniel Druckman, and a B.A. from UCLA, where he studied with Mitchell Peters.