Chris King

Location:

Concord West
Australia 2138

Contact:

Mobile phone (Australia): 0403449353

Email: chrisking497@gmail.com

Website: www.chrisking.net.au

Additional Info:

Chris King is a Pianist/Keyboardist, Accompanist, Arranger, Musical Director and Conductor based in Sydney, Australia. A versatile musician, he has extensive experience playing across several musical genres including musical theatre, cabaret, vocal and instrumental exam accompaniment, piano bars, tribute shows, pop/rock bands, big bands, jazz combos and film/television.

Chris is currently the Associate Musical Director on the Australian production of TINA – The Tina Turner Musical.

He has worked on several major Australian musicals, including:

Moulin Rouge (Global Creatures)
Hamilton (Michael Cassel Group)
Disney's Aladdin (Disney Australia)
The Book of Mormon (Anne Garefino, Scott Rudin, Important Musicals and John Frost)
Priscilla Queen of the Desert – The Musical (Michael Cassel Group)
Cats (Korean tour) (S n Co/The Really Useful Group)
Cats (Australian tour) (Lunchbox Theatrical Productions/The Really Useful Group)
Wicked (The Gordon Frost Organization)
Strictly Ballroom (Global Creatures)
The Lion King (The Walt Disney Company Australia)
Grease (The Gordon Frost Organization)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (James Anthony Productions)
The Addams Family (Rodney Rigby/New Theatricals)
Legally Blonde (The Gordon Frost Organization)
An Officer and a Gentleman (The Gordon Frost Organization)
Hairspray (Dainty Consolidated Entertainment & Roadshow Live)

Cabaret includes The Kermond 3-Gen Show (Wayne Scott Kermond & family), The Tap Pack, Der Gelbe Stern (Alexis Fishman), Songs From Below 54th Street (Alexis Fishman), The Rat Pack From Vegas (Abstract Entertainment).

Charity work as Musical Director/Arranger includes Hats Off in 2012 and 2013; Twisted Broadway‘s Sydney premiere in 2012; plus arranger and/or musician for The Rob Guest Endowment on several occasions.

Chris also has extensive experience creating arrangements/charts and orchestrations spanning several musical genres. Recent work in this area includes creating all the charts for Phil Scott’s and Catherine Alcorn’s brand new show 30 Something.

He has programmed keyboards (including MainStage) for numerous productions/events, most recently Aspects of Love at the Hayes Theatre. Please contact for more information regarding keyboard and/or MIDI programming.

Chris is a casual tutor/vocal coach/accompanist at NIDA and has worked in a similar capacity for the Australian Institute of Music, ED5 International, the Talent Development Project, the Sydney Eisteddfod and the NSW Schools Spectacular.

A full CV is available at http://chrisking.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ChrisKingCV_February-2020.pdf.

Fees

$ 80.00 Australian Dollars Per Hour

Instruments

Piano, Electronic Keyboard

Specialisms

Contemporary Music, Jazz, Improvisation, Instrumental Accompaniment, Vocal Accompaniment, Vocal Repetiteur, Musical Theatre, Musical Direction, Vocal Coaching

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