Member Since: 27/09/2006
Band Website: www.soundclick.com/christophercreviston
Band Members: Saxophonist Christopher Creviston has played in Carnegie Hall with the Detroit Symphony, Prince’s birthday party at Paisley Park, appeared live on BET’s "BET on Jazz", and gigged the Apollo Theatre in Harlem.
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Christopher is internationally known as a player and teacher. Presently on staff at the Greenwich House Music School in NYC, in September he will assume the title of Assistant Professor at the Crane School of Music (SUNY Potsdam). He has also held staff positions at the University of Windsor (Canada), and at the University of Michigan. He has appeared at clinics and conventions, beginning as an undergraduate student when he was Featured Performer and Clinician at the 1989 Dana Saxophone Symposium (Youngstown State University), and most recently in January of 2007, appearing as Featured Guest Artist at the NASA Region VIII Conference (Penn State University).
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Creviston was selected as winner of the North American Saxophone Alliance’s Classical Competition, a finalist in the New York Concert Artist's Guild, and has won numerous other accolades. He has appeared as featured soloist with many orchestras and bands, including his concerto debut playing Ibert’s "Concertino da Camera" at the Michigan Youth Arts Festival at age 17, and his professional concerto debut playing Villa-Lobos’ "Fantasia" with the National Symphony Orchestra. Christopher's teachers include Don Sinta, James Forger, Trent Kynaston and Rhonda Buckley.
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He has appeared in concert with jazz names Jon Faddis, Bobby Shew, Bunky Green, Jim Snidero, Bob Mintzer, Steve Houghton, Vinny DiMartino, Dave Liebman and Marvin Stamm, and has had the pleasure of working with pop performers Crystal Gayle, Maureen McGovern, Billy Porter, Marty Thomas, Shimmer Planet, Ben Vereen and Kim Sozzi, as well as playing shows with jokester Bob Hope. Until her passing in 2001 he was on call for jazz chanteuse Peggy Cone.
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Now based in New York City, Creviston freelances and works with his own band, and regularly appears with the Capitol Saxophone Quartet, R&B/cabaret artist David Raleigh, pianist Jun Okada, harpist Fran Duffy, guitarist Oren Fader, and bassist Matt Hughes. In the words of world renowned cellist and conductor "Slava" Rostropovich, "Bravo!.. Bravo! Bravo!!..."
Influences:Titus Mountain
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