Christopher Swist spends equal time as a percussionist, composer, engineer, writer, and
educator. His music education started at age 6 with Buffalo Philharmonic percussionist John
Rowland and continued through multiple degrees in performance and composition from
SUNY-Buffalo (Jan Williams) and The Hartt School (Ben Toth and Al Lepak). He culminated
his unique compositional voice, performance practice, and recording engineering into 2 solo
albums: Whitewater of 2001 and Duality of 2013. His third solo album, Equal Simplicity, is
being released in 2025.

Christopher’s varied catalog of orchestral, concerti, percussion, chamber and electronic
music is published with Alfred Music, Studio 4 Music, Keyboard Percussion Publications,
Edition Svitzer, and Bachovich Music. Swist’s latest work is a Double Concerto for
Vibraphone and Marimba that he also performs as the vibraphone soloist. His music has
been performed by the Grand Rapids Symphony, Hartford Symphony Orchestra, The
Louisville Orchestra, American Modern Ensemble, Grupo PIAP, YoungArts, and the United
States Military Academy. He also presents recitals as a performer/composer who plays both
acoustic and electronic music.

Christopher is also an active symphonic musician, performing in the percussion sections of
symphony orchestras in Hartford, Springfield, New Haven, Waterbury, Bridgeport, and
Ridgefield. He has been the principal percussionist of the New Britain Symphony Orchestra
since 1999 and directs the NBSO’s educational outreach programs and steel
pan/percussion fusion ensembles.

Professor Swist is an educator, pedagogue, and administrator. He is Director of Recording
Arts at Trinity College in Hartford. He also designed and built EvenFall Studio LLC in New
Hampshire, and, is a pro audio writer/reviewer for SonicScoop. Christopher was recently
inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame.

ARTIST SET-UP:

Orchestra:

20” HH Suspended

20” HHX New Symphonic Germanic

19” HHX Synergy Heavy

18” HH Germanic

28” Symphonic Gong

6” HH B8 Bronze Triangle

Set:

21” HHX Evolution Ride

18” HHX Studio Crash

17” HH Dark Crash

17” AAX X-Treme Chinese

15” HHXpolsion Crash

13” HHX Evolution Hats Bright

9” Signature Max Splash