Christopher Wilson, marimba
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 22 Mar 2011 from 7:30 pm to 9:15 pm |
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| Location: | Martha-Ellen Tye Recital, Music Building |
| Cost: | FREE |
| Contact: | Tammy Krock |
| Phone: | 515-294-3831 |
| Channel: | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
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He has entertained audiences around the U.S. with an extremely wide and varied repertoire. One of his main goals has been to introduce not only the marimba, but also classical music to audiences who are unfamiliar with it. This has often included school assemblies, as well as performances in public settings outside of the concert hall.
Mr. Wilson has also been a proponent of new music. As a solo musician he fills his repertoire with the music of young composers, and has frequently commissioned new works for the marimba.
Mr. Wilson earned a Masters degree from The Boston Conservatory and a Bachelors degree from Eastern Washington University. While in Boston he studied exclusively with marimbist Nancy Zeltsman. Wilson currently lives in Iowa with his wife, bassoonist Jacqueline Wilson. He is an Adjunct Professor at Kirkwood Community College, and a percussion instructor for the Eastern Iowa Arts Academy.