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Chris Coles

Chris Coles

Chris Coles

Chris Coles

Tue, Oct 24, 2023, 5:00pm

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  • Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
  • Greer Cabaret Theater
  • Free
Christopher J. Coles is a graduate of Cleveland South High School (2004). In 2009, Chris received his bachelor’s degree in Saxophone Performance from Youngstown State University. Here, he studied with world-renowned saxophonist and educator Dr. James C. Umble, jazz saxophonist Dr. Kent Englehardt, and jazz bassist and composer Dr. David Morgan. 2012 Chris received his master’s degree in Saxophone Performance from the University of Akron. Chris has performed with many local and international jazz musicians such as Eddie Baccus Sr., Melvin Burks, Kenny Davis, Glenn Holmes, Bill Ransom, and Cecil Rucker, Grammy Award winner Slide Hampton, Ralph Lalama, Sean Jones, Dominick Farinacci, Maria Schneider (guest conductor for The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra) and Allen Vizzutti. Coles recently was accepted to perform in Italy with the Ohio Youth Jazz Orchestra. Here, Coles performed with Wessell Anderson, former lead alto saxophonist for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Chris also played at the North American Saxophone Alliance Regional Festival in West Virginia with the Dana Saxophone quartet, performing at the International Saxophone Symposium in Washington D.C., and premiering a commissioned work by John Hollenbeck at the Whitney Art Museum Composers Workshop. Coles also recorded this work on John Hollenbeck’s album Rainbow Jimmies, released in 2009. Chris’s recent accomplishments include participating in The Banff Workshop for Jazz and Creative Music in Alberta, Canada. It was there that Chris had the distinct honor of studying with some of the great pioneers in jazz today, such as Vijay Iyer, Mark Turner, Imani Izuri, Tia Fuller, Billy Hart, Ingrid Jensen, Zakir Hussain, Somi, Yosvany Terry, and Miles Okazaki to name a few. In 2017, Chris was an awardee of the Knight Arts Challenge in Akron, Ohio, and in 2018, Chris won grants from the GAR Foundation and the Cleveland Foundation for his multimedia work Nine Lives. This 40-minute work will be premiered in 2019. Chris is currently based out of Akron, Ohio, on faculty at Oberlin Conservatory, The University of Akron, and The Tri-C Creative Arts Jazzfest Academy. Chris is a Yamaha Performing Artist.

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