CHRIS CARSON
Chris is a versatile and active musician in the Boston area, with experience as a teacher, music director, accompanist, recording artist, and performer.
Chris is a versatile and active musician in the Boston area, with experience as a teacher, music director, accompanist, recording artist, and performer.
Research has shown that learning music boosts development in many other subjects. As children and teens build healthy practice habits, they gain discipline, patience, and confidence. Playing an instrument activates the whole brain, improves memory, and nurtures strong critical thinking skills.
Chris founded his studio in 2008 and has since grown it into a thriving music school in MetroWest Boston. He teaches in Holliston and Sherborn, offering 30, 45, and 60-minute lessons tailored to each student's age and experience. Adults are always welcome.
Structured learning through proven pedagogical materials
Understanding the language and structure of music
Building a diverse collection of performance pieces
Developing proper form and finger strength
Reading and playing music at first sight
Mastering fundamental patterns and keys
Christopher Carson began his musical studies at the age of 6. By the age of 10, he was featured on PBS, performing Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu. Originally from Houston, Texas, he attended The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) and studied with Timothy Hester, a Juilliard graduate. Past teachers have included Danny Kelley, Abbey Simon, Ludmilla Lifson, Brian Moll, and Victor Rosenbaum.
Carson has been a very successful competitor, capturing many awards and top ratings in competitions throughout his career. He was the inaugural winner of the Pacifica Quartet Competition and, in 2009, performed the Brahms Piano Quintet with the Grammy-award winning group. He has received first prize in numerous concerto competitions, and has appeared as a soloist with many orchestras over the years, most notably with Orchesterakademie in Germany in 2008, performing the Shostakovich Piano Concerto. He has also performed the Beethoven and Liszt Piano Concerti. In 2011, he was a winner of the Longy School of Music Honors Competition, and performed the Shostakovich Concertino for 2 pianos.
Carson has performed throughout the United States and Europe, performing both solo and chamber works. Carson's performances have taken him to New York, Dallas, Chicago, Boston, Houston, Montreal, and overseas to venues in Austria, France, Germany, and Italy. Christopher has performed in the master classes of Leon Fleisher, Anton Kuerti, Peter Takacs, Stanislov Oudenitch, and Yoheved Kaplinsky. Also a composer, Carson premiered his Fantasy for Piano in Italy in 2006, and is very involved in composing both sacred and secular music. Carson is an active teacher, coaching both pianists and vocalists. He currently resides in Boston, where he attended the Longy School of Music at Bard College, earning a Master's degree in Collaborative Piano.