Musician
Chris has worked extensively as a musician in a wide variety of education and community settings. For many years he was a senior lecturer in music at York St John University, where he led the community music programme. He has delivered on numerous arts projects, including work for Jessie’s Fund, Sing Up, Opera North and Accessible Arts & Media. He currently specialises in singing for health and wellbeing, which includes leading the highly successful ‘A Cuppa & A Chorus’ sessions at the National Centre for Early Music. Chris is also a musician for the NHS, with work at York Hospital, including with patients with dementia, and at the White Cross Court Rehabilitation Centre, where he works with post-stroke patients. Chris is a professional multi-instrumentalist and vocalist with the alt-folk trio White Sail, playing guitar, trumpet, mandolin, recorders and percussion.
