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Christopher Hutton Christopher Hutton is Assistant Professor of violoncello and coordinator of string chamber music. An avid chamber music performer, Dr. Hutton has had a broad range of experiences, including duo recital tours in his home country of New Zealand (most recently with pianists Paul Wyse, Sergey Schepkin, and Thomas Lausmann) and chamber performances at the Schlossfestspiele in Heidelberg, Germany. In his recitals he seeks a balance of accessible modern pieces alongside more traditional repertoire. He has recorded for New Zealand's Concert FM, Germany's SWF Radio, and appears on a disc of contemporary music on Albany Classics. Hutton served as co-principal cellist in the New World Symphony Orchestra under music director Michael Tilson Thomas and has played in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra as well as other orchestras in the United States. Dr. Hutton has enjoyed collaboration with various composers, notably New Zealanders Helen Bowater and Christopher Marshall and Georgia composer Mitchell Turner. He plays on a newly acquired 'cello made by John Betts in London, c. 1795.
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