Pianist / Keyboardist / Accompanist

Chris is comfortable playing both acoustic piano and keyboard/synthesizer and has experience in several genres. He is also experienced in and available for accompanying vocal and instrumental performers for just about any type of situation – auditions, cabaret, choirs, corporate events, eisteddfods/competitions, examinations (including HSC exams) etc, musicals, showcases etc. Please contact for more information.

Chris is in demand on the musical theatre circuit and has played in the orchestras on several major Australian musicals in recent years, as mentioned on the home page.

Musical Director and Conductor

Chris is a highly regarded Musical Director and Conductor and has several credits in musical theatre. Most recently Chris was Associate Musical Director on the Australian tour of Tina – The Tina Turner Musical.

Other highlights include:
* Disney’s Aladdin 2018-2019 (Associate Musical Director)
* CATS (S & Co/RUG) 2017-2018 South Korea/Taiwan tour (Musical Director)
* CATS (Lunchbox Theatrical/RUG) 2015-2016 Australian Tour (Associate Musical Director)
* Eireborne – the Rebirth of Irish Dance (MPire Creative) 2016-2018 (Musical Director)
* WICKED (GFO) 2014-2015 Australian tour (Associate Musical Director)
* Falsettos (Darlinghurst Theatre Co) 2014 (Co-Musical Director) (Sydney theatre award nomination for Best Musical Direction)
* Hats Off! (Oz Showbiz Cares/Equity Fights AIDS) 2013 (Musical Director)
* Hats Off! (Oz Showbiz Cares/Equity Fights AIDS) 2012 (Musical Director)
* Twisted Broadway (Oz Showbiz Cares/Equity Fights AIDS) 2012 (Musical Director)

Arrangements, Charts, Orchestrations, Transcriptions & Transpositions

Chris is an experienced and versatile arranger, orchestrator and music copyist whose work in these areas spans many genres. Please contact for more information about arrangements, charts and orchestrations.

In addition to arranging and orchestration, Chris has extensive experience in music transcription & transposition –
* Need an old, messy, hand-written chart tidied up? No problem.
* Sheet music doesn’t exist for your song? Chris can transcribe it from the recording and provide you with a printed score (hard copy or PDF).
* The same applies for transpositions – need a song transposed into the key that’s right for you? Chris can transpose your sheet music for you; AND your music stays stored on hard drive so it’s easy to edit in future should you decide to make any further changes.

Vocal Coach / Audition Prep / MP3 piano accompaniment tracks

With hundreds of professional auditions under his belt, Chris is ready to help you prepare your song, select your cut, mark up your sheet music, provide vocal coaching, and to be as prepared as you can be when you walk into the audition room. Some of the productions Chris has been auditions pianist for include:

Pretty Woman (2025 Australian Tour)
CATS (40th anniversary Australian tour)
Wicked (2023 Australian tour)
Disney’s Frozen the Musical (Australian production)
Billy Elliot (2019 Australian tour)
The Book of Mormon (Australian tour)
Saturday Night Fever (2019 Australian tour)
Disney’s Aladdin (Australian tour)
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (Australian tour)
Mamma Mia (2017-2018 Australian tour)
The Bodyguard The Musical (Australian tour)
Matilda The Musical (Australian tour)
Les Miserables (2014-2016 Australian tour)

MP3 piano accompaniment tracks give you the freedom to rehearse, audition or perform with a professional track personally played live by Chris. Also ideal as a teaching aide! Please contact for pricing, demos and more info.

Production Music, Virtual Orchestral arrangements, Custom Backing Tracks

Chris creates production music, Virtual Orchestral arrangements/MIDI mockups and custom backing tracks for music across any genre. Please contact for pricing, demos and more info.

Production equipment specs:
Cubase Pro 10.5 (Windows 10 desktop PC)
Cakewalk by BandLab (Windows 10 desktop PC)
Logic Pro X (MacBook Pro)
Yamaha S90XS 88-note Music Workstation (weighted keys)
Kurzweil Forte 88 Stage Piano/Synthesizer/Workstation (weighted keys)
Roland Fantom X6 61-note Music Workstation
M-Audio Keystation 61es semi-weighted MIDI controller keyboard
M-Audio Oxygen 49 MIDI controller keyboard

Chris uses a wide range of the best virtual instruments on the market including: a range of 8Dio instruments, Ample Guitar MII, Broadway Big Band, Cinematic Strings, Cinematic Studio Strings, CineBrass, CineHarps, CineStrings, CineWinds, EastWest Hollywood Pop Brass, Electri6ity, Ivory, Keyscape, LA Scoring Strings, Mojo Horn Section, Native Instruments Komplete 13, Orchestral Tools Berlin Percussion, Orchestral Tools Berlin Woodwinds, Orchestral Tools Glory Days Big Band Horns, SampleModeling The Trumpet, SampleModeling The Trombone, Spitfire Solo Strings, Spitfire Studio Brass Professional, Spitfire Studio Strings Professional, Spitfire Studio Woodwinds Professional, Spitfire Harp, Trillian, Vienna Symphonic Library and more.

 

Keyboard Programming/MainStage coaching

Chris is an accomplished synthesizer programmer and has programmed keyboards/MainStage for numerous musical theatre productions and other events.

Chris also offers MainStage tutoring/coaching to students for school productions. Please contact for more information.