Photograph by Nicholas Chase.
Christopher Fritzsche
Lecturer in Voice
Office Location: Ives
7
Office Phone: 707-280-1150
E-mail Address: christopher.fritzsche@gmail.com
Fall 2007 Office Hours: By
Appt.
What I Do at SSU
I serve as a teacher in the studio voice program, teaching private voice lessons to students from the Music and Theatre Arts departments. Along with other studio vocal faculty, I co-teach the voice repertory class where we work with students on performance and vocal technique in a group masterclass format. I serve as Education Coordinator for the Sonoma County Choral Society, the umbrella organization for the choirs here at SSU. I help to develop, coordinate, and teach classes specific to the needs of choral singers. I also perform regularly as a soloist.
My Bio
BA in Music, Sonoma State University, 1989
Internationally recognized for his effortless countertenor voice, Christopher Fritzsche can be heard on well over a dozen recordings on Warner Classics’ Teldec label. From 1992 until 2003, Mr. Fritzsche performed with the world-renowned a cappella vocal ensemble, Chanticleer. In those 11 years he sang over 1000 concerts world-wide appearing with The New York Philharmonic, the Atlanta Symphony, and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and he participated in and helped lead numerous choral and vocal workshops for singers of all levels. He has also appeared with the Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra in Chicago as soloist in Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and, as a member of Chanticleer, earned two Grammy awards for the CD’s Colors of Love, and Lamentations and Praises by the celebrated British composer, Sir John Tavener.
