Christopher Goldston

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Classroom Piano
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Email: goldston@uic.edu

Michael J. Anderson

Christopher Goldston holds a Master of Music degree in piano performance and pedagogy from   Northwestern   University, and a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. In addition to University of Illinois at Chicago, he teaches at Sherwood Conservatory of Music and  Columbia College Chicago.

In 1991, Mr. Goldston received the National Federation of Music Clubs Lynn Freeman Olson Composition Award for his first composition, Night Train. Since then he has written numerous pieces for piano, voice, and chamber ensemble, including his Thesis for Wind Quintet which won the 1993 MTNA Composition Contest for North Carolina. Mr. Goldston has compositions published by Alfred Publishing Company and is now an exclusive author for the FJH Music Company.  Mr. Goldston has served as composition chair for the MTNA for Illinois, and currently, the East Central Division MTNA.

In 2008, Mr. Goldston was the guest artist for the Galbraith Master Classes and Teacher Workshop at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia.  The two day event included two masterclasses, recitals and a lecture.  Mr. Goldston was a clinician for the 2008 Illinois State Music Teachers Association convention.  Also in 2008, the Indiana State Music Teachers Association commissioned a suite of piano pieces by Goldston, which was premiered at their state convention, where he was also a clinician.

For more information on Christopher Goldston, including a complete list of compositions, visit www.chrisgoldston.com.


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