Coe College Wind and Percussion Faculty

Classical and Electric Guitar

Christopher Gainey, MM, DMA in progress

Christopher Gainey (b. 1981) did his undergraduate and Master’s level work at the Peabody Conservatory earning Master’s degrees in composition, guitar performance and music theory pedagogy. At Peabody he was awarded the Gustav Klemm prize in composition and his "Iago" for violin solo, which is now being published in the SCI Journal of Music Scores and has been selected for an SCI CD to be released in 2009, won first prize in the 2006 Virginia Carty DeLillo composition competition. He was awarded a commission from the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society to compose "Chupacabra" for two guitars, which was subsequently published by Vogt&Fritz in Sweinfurt, Germany. His "Nantucket Sleighride" for orchestra and four guitars has been recorded by the Kiev Philharmonic as part of ERM Media’s “Masterworks of the New Era” series. His ballet, "No Sleep for the Wicked," was recently staged by the University of Iowa Dance Department. He is currently a doctoral student in composition at the University of Iowa, studying with David Gompper, where he is the recipient of the 2007-2008 Henry and Parker Pelzer Prize in composition, and a 2008-2009 Seashore Dissertation Year Fellowship.