Chris studied composition at Victoria University of Wellington before completing a doctoral degree at Cornell University with Roberto Sierra and Steven Stucky. He has participated in a number of festivals including the Wellesley Composers’ Conference, the Royaumont Voix nouvelles Composition Course, the Britten-Pears Contemporary Composition Programme, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Aldeburgh Festival. He was a 2018 Civitella Ranieri Fellow, Mozart Fellow at the University of Otago, and resident composer with Orchestra Wellington and the New Zealand School of Music. He won the 2008 SOUNZ Contemporary Award for his work Wax Lyrical.
