Chris Vance

Lecturer of Electric Bass

M.M., Double Bass Performance, Cleveland Institute of Music
B.M., Double Bass Performance, S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo
B.A., Music Theory, S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo

Contact

cvance@bw.edu

Chris Vance is a lecturer of electric bass at the Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Performing Arts.

Originally from Buffalo, New York, Vance is an active electric and double bassist in classical, jazz, rock and world music, both regionally and nationally.

He has recently performed with Wayne Newton, Warren Haynes (The Allman Brothers), The Barricade Boys, David Clark: All About Joel, Il Volo, The Oblivion Project, Nicole Henry, Sam Morrison (Miles "On The Corner"), Abdou M'boup (Paul Simon, Jean Luc-Ponty), Mike Clark with Jeff Berlin, and Bobby Rydell ("Volare").

Vance is a regular performer at Playhouse Square, recently performing on many touring shows within the past year: "& Juliet," "Parade," "Some Like It Hot" and "Back to the Future."

He has led groups that opened for Joey DeFrancesco, Ray Brown, and Harry Connick Jr. and toured Europe with Kassaba in 2007.

In the classical realm, he has been the featured soloist on some of the most demanding classical repertoire and has served as principal bass of the Bermuda Philharmonic, as well as the Buffalo Opera Company Orchestra.