Chris Chapman

Conn Selmer Educational Clinician

Dr. Christopher Chapman is the Director of Bands and Orchestra for the Central Michigan University School of Music, where he conducts the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, the Symphony Orchestra, and the Symphony Band and coordinates the instrumental conducting area. His ensembles have gained notoriety and praise from composers and audiences alike and have been featured in performance sites from Carnegie Hall to concert halls in the United States as well as Japan, China and Taiwan. Recent commercial recording projects include: The Five Changes; Currents; Scenic Meditations; and David Maslanka's Mass was produced by Mark Records.

Originally from Columbus, Ohio, Chapman holds degrees in music from the Ohio State University, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the University of Washington. Dr. Chapman has appeared as a conductor, clinician and lecturer throughout the United States. He has also been a contributing author in A Composer's Insight: Thoughts, Analysis and Commentary on Contemporary Masterpieces for Wind Band, a series of books on contemporary wind band composers for Meredith Music Publications, a subsidiary of the Hal Leonard Corporation and Teaching Music through Performance by GIA Publications. He has served as a clinician and guest conductor throughout the United States, Japan, China, Taiwan, and Canada.

In 2015, Dr. Chapman was elected to the prestigious American Bandmasters Association. He is currently the President of the Mid-American Conference Band Director’s Association. He has served as the Northwest Division president the College Band Directors National Association and Northwest Divisional Chair of the National Band Association. An inductee into the Phi Beta Mu honorary Bandmasters Fraternity, he is also a holds honorary membership of the Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity, the Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Fraternity where he has served as the Co-Governor of the Western District, the Tau Beta Sigma honorary band sorority, Sigma Alpha Iota Fraternity, and Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity. Other organizations include the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, National Band Association, Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association, National Association for Music Educators, and Michigan Music Educators Association.