Dr. Christopher Castro
Assistant Professor
Conservatory of Music, College of Performing Arts
Office Location: Oliphant Hall 203
Email: chcastro@chapman.edu
Website: https://www.chriscastrocomposer.com
- Education:
- The Juilliard School, Bachelor of Music
University of California, Davis, Ph.D.
Biography
Chris Castro is a composer and double bassist from Brooklyn, New York. He is a recipient
of Chamber Music America's 2021 Classical Commissioning Award, where one of the jurors
described his music as "On par with Varèse," giving him the nickname "The New Colossus
of Sounds." His new work, Canções dos Desassossego (Songs of Disquiet), will be written
for the Lyris Quartet and soprano Sharon Harms and premiered in 2023. His music has
been performed by Sharon Harms and the Composers Conference Ensemble under James Baker
(Two Songs from Brooklyn Narcissus), the St. Louis Symphony under David Robertson
(Choruses III), pianists Sarah Cahill and Eric Zivian (IV–I), piano duo HereNowHear
(Beethausenstro—Castockhoven) and the Lydian String Quartet (Choruses IV). He is the
2022 Guest Composer for the James Tenney Memorial Symposium, composing and collaborating
with the New Mexico Contemporary Ensemble.
Castro has a Ph.D. in Composition and Theory from University of California, Davis, and a bachelor's in Music from the Juilliard School in both double bass and composition.
Listen on SoundCloud.
Castro has a Ph.D. in Composition and Theory from University of California, Davis, and a bachelor's in Music from the Juilliard School in both double bass and composition.
Listen on SoundCloud.
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Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications
- Solo Double Bass recital presenting five world premieres of Chapman Students in Pasadena