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Resume, Curriculum Vitae & Biography
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Music Resume - Chris Dudley - Countertenor
SOLO/ ORATORIO
Clarendon Church, VA, Messiah Washington Bach Consort The Handel Choir of Baltimore St. Paul’s K Street, DC Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, NY Washington National Cathedral, DC Peabody Conservatory Baroque Ensemble Ensemble for Early Music, NY Peabody Conservatory Baroque Opera
OPERA
Acteon -> Lead Role -> Peabody Conservatory 2006
LANGUAGES STUDIED SUNG LANGUAGES French (Conversational) Latin German (Workable) Italian Latin (Workable) German French Spanish Russian
SPECIAL SKILLS/INTERESTS
Emergency Medical Technician - Rock Climbing - Martial Arts - Rowing - Golf - Squash - Photography - Cooking - Fund-raising - Volunteering - Vocal Teacher
STUDIED INSTRUMENTS
Piano - Cello – Organ (ABRSM)
EDUCATION SUMMER PROGRAMS/SPECIAL STUDIES
Peabody Conservatory, MM Voice/Pedagogy 2004-2006 Eton Choral Course, Liverpool Cathedral, UK, 2000 University of East Anglia, UK, BA Music & Minor in French, 2001
TEACHERS COACHES CONDUCTORS
Marianna Busching Webb Wiggins Dr. Reilly Lewis Elaine Pearce Bob Muckenfuss Christopher Robinson CVO John Dudley Ernest Ligon Stephen Cleobury Nancy Long Dr. Jeffrey Smith Ed Polochick
REVIEWS
“Chris Dudley, showed the makings of a strong counter-tenor with music in the soul.” (Michael Drake – East Anglia Times, England)
HONORS AND AWARDS MASTER CLASSES
Mu Phi Epsilon, 2004-2006 Max Von Egmond – Peabody Conservatory Norwich Cathedral, UK, Choral Scholarship 1999 Hurstpierpoint College, UK, Music Scholarship, 1998 St. George’s Windsor Castle, UK, Music Scholarship, 1993
Biography
Chris Dudley (countertenor), a native of Great Britain came to the US in 2001 after attaining a BA in Music from the University of East Anglia. A graduate of the Masters of Music & Pedagogy Program of the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins, Chris has been in great demand as a chorus and solo singer in the Washington area. He is currently a Lay Clerk in the Washington National Cathedral Choir and St. Paul's K street Evensong Choir.
In Washington DC, he is a regular soloist with the Washington Bach Consort. He has sung with the Choirs of Norwich Cathedral in England, and St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle as a choirboy in the Queens chapel, and has sung at many Royal Occasions. He has featured with these choirs and others for concerts and recordings in England, Europe, Australia and America. Chris has also been a soloist in New York, singing Bach Cantatas, and chorally with The Ensemble for Early Music, a well-known New York group.
Most recently, Mr. Dudley has been found directing the choir of men and boy's at St. Paul's K Street in Washington DC. Not only does he direct the choir on occasion, he is also the boy's voice- trainer and coach, organising music for recitals and concerts.
In 2006, he was a finalist in the Philadelphia Bach Competition and the Lead in the Peabody Chamber Opera production of "Acteon”. He was also the Countertenor Soloist for the Handel Choir of Baltimore, in their concert of HWV 74: The Ode to Queen Anne, held in Baltimore in March 2007, and sang as the alto soloist for the Bach Magnificat, held at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington DC, as part of the Summer Music Festival, in June 2007.
When Chris is not singing, he volunteers as an Emergency Medical Technician (translation Paramedic to those in the UK) with the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad and has a full-time teaching studio, based in Washington DC, made up of choristers and adults.

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