Director of Bands, Conductor of Wind Ensemble
Department of Music
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
Phone:541-737-8829
Fax:541-737-4268
E-mail: chris.chapman@oregonstate.edu
Dr. Christopher Chapman is Director of Bands for the Oregon State University Department of Music, where he conducts the Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble and teaches courses in music education and graduate and undergraduate instrumental conducting. Prior to his appointment at OSU Chapman served as the associate director of bands at Florida Atlantic University, where he founded the athletic band program and Symphony Band. From 2002-2005 he worked as the graduate assistant director for the University of Washington band program and before then served as director of bands at Foothill High School in Henderson, Nevada. Originally from Columbus, Ohio, Chapman holds a bachelor's degree in music from The Ohio State University, a master's degree in music from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and a doctorate of musical arts degree from the University of Washington. He has studied conducting with Richard Blatti, Thomas Leslie, Takayoshi "Tad" Suzuki, and Timothy Salzman. Chapman is a sought-after clinician, adjudicator, and conductor, and has worked with bands regionally and nationally including Oregon, Ohio, Florida, Nevada, New York, Arizona, Illinois and Japan. He has been a contributing author in A Composer's Insight: Thoughts, Analysis and Commentary on Contemporary Masterpieces for Wind Band, a series of books on contemporary wind band composers for Meredith Music Publications, a subsidiary of the Hal Leonard Corporation. He is an honorary member of the Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Fraternity where he has served as the Co-Governor of the Western District, and an honorary member of the Tau Beta Sigma honorary band sorority. He currently serves as president-elect of the Northwest division of the College Band Directors National Association. Other organizational affiliations include the Oregon Band Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference, and Oregon Music Educators Conference.