Degrees:
M.M., The Hartt School
M.M., The Hartt School
B.M., State Univ. of NY at Buffalo
Christopher Swist grew up in the music industry and was a drum prodigy. He started lessons with Buffalo Philharmonic percussionist John Rowland at age 6. With the mentorship of music industry icons like Mick Guzauski and his father, Larry Swist, he evolved into a recording engineer, studio designer, product developer, studio fabricator, and studio owner. He worked for Lawrence P. Swist Designs, which installed dozens of commercial recording studios in New York City and all over the world.
Christopher is also a prolific composer and has 15 publications with Alfred Music, Studio 4 Music, Keyboard Percussion Publications, Edition Svitzer, and Bachovich Music. His music has been performed by the Grand Rapids Symphony, The Louisville Orchestra, Hartford Symphony Orchestra, American Modern Ensemble, Grupo PIAP, YoungArts, and the United States Military Academy. He tours worldwide and gives solo recitals in his unique brand as a performer/composer who plays both acoustic and electronic music. |
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Recording Arts
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Acoustics and Studio Design
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History of Recorded Music
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Music for Film and Animation
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Studio Composition
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Traditional Composition
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Percussion
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Music Theory
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History of Recorded Music
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Recording Studio Acoustics, Design and Fabrication
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History of Electronic Music
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Pro Audio Technology and Innovation
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American Percussion Music of the 1930’s
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Recordings as Engineer/Editor:
- Joshua Michal, Ekphrasis: New Music for Horn and Electronics (MSR Classics, 2020)
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Living in Light: Music by Heather Gilligan with Margot Rood, soprano (Albany Records, 2017)
Recordings as Composer/Performer:
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Duality: music for marimba, vibraphone, violin, saxophone and electronics (CDBY, 2013)
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Whitewater: music for marimba, percussion, contrabass and electronics (CDBY, 2001)
Print Music Publications:
Audio Equipment Reviews:
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- Inductee, Buffalo Music Hall of Fame, Class of 2024
- Judge, Hartford Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition
- Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra, Commission for Double Concerto, 2020
- Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society, Charter Member, Keene State College, 2014
- Audio Engineering Society, Member
- American Society of Composers and Publishers, Member
- Sabian Cymbal Makers Ltd., Artist Endorsement
- Vater Percussion, Artist Endorsement
- Past-President, New Hampshire/Maine Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society
- Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music, Grant Recipient, 2001
- Performance 20/20 Honors Program of The Hartt School, 1998
- Baird Concerto Competition, SUNY-Buffalo, Winner, 1996
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