Chris Hepp Email & Phone Number

Lawrence, Kansas Area

San Francisco

San Francisco, California

The Director of Development position serves as the Major Gifts Officer for the Creative Arts areas within the College of Liberal and Creative Arts, which is the largest academic unit of San Francisco State University. The position carries broad responsibilities for achieving the fundraising goals established by the Development Office in partnership with the Dean of the College, the Office of Advancement, and the Office of the President to ensure philanthropic support of academic programs and student services.

Hayward, Ca

The Director of Development position serves as the Major Gifts Officer for the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences, which is the largest academic unit of the university and is comprised of eighteen (18) departments and five (5) programs. The position carries broad responsibilities for achieving the fundraising goals established by the Office of Advancement in consultation with the Dean of the College and the Office of the President to ensure philanthropic support of academic programs and student services including scholarships.

Northern California, Oregon, Washington, And Texas

Responsibilities for sales of Steinway & Sons and Yamaha concert pianos including marketing, lead-generation, client cultivation, submittal of RFP’s and bids conforming to state bidding laws, fundraising/event-planning, and customer service. Million-dollar sales producer named to Sherman Clay President’s Club designating the company’s top sales representatives. Institutional markets included public and private elementary, secondary, and post-secondary institutions in Northern California, Oregon, Washington, and Houston (TX) as well as performing arts organizations, symphony orchestras, and opera companies. Clients included San Francisco Symphony, Symphony Silicon Valley, Monterey Symphony, Livermore Performing Arts, Sanford and Joan Weill Hall at the Green Music Center (Sonoma State University), Three Stages Performing Arts (Folsom Lake College), Stanford University, DeAnza - Foothill Community College District, Lone Star College-Kingwood (TX), Houston Grand Opera (TX), Hult Center (OR), University of Oregon (Eugene), Pierce College-Puyallup (WA) and many others.

Lawrence, Ks

Responsibilities included teaching of graduate and undergraduate applied instruction, graduate and undergraduate piano pedagogy, graduate and undergraduate keyboard harmony, supervision of graduate teaching assistants for the four-semester sequence of keyboard study for music majors and two-semester sequence for non-music students, co-directorship of the annual Evelyn Swarthout Hayes Piano Institute, director of the piano division, and Interim Associate Dean of Graduate Studies for the School of Fine Arts.● Co-founder of video production company SH Productions, Inc. with international distribution of VHS, PAL, SECAM videos and DVDs to libraries, music schools, and music educators; producer, director, and editor of the series Nelita True at Eastman, Conversations with Frances Clark, and CONCERTO! featuring Claude Frank, Lilian Kallir, and Pamela Frank; director and co-editor for the “Performance Practice” DVD series produced by the Alfred Publishing Company featuring Maurice Hinson, Dennis Alexander, and Stewart Gordon.● Featured lecturer and concert artist for national, regional, and state conventions of Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) and College Music Society (CMS) as well as international organizations including International Society for Music Education (ISME) and the European Music Teachers Association.● Kansas City recital debut reviewed by Kansas City Star critic Scott Cantrell with headline "Pianist mixes power with poetry.”

Bachelor Of Music, Master Of Music, And Doctor Of Musical Arts, Piano Performance, Literature And Pedagogy

Activities and Societies: ● Ballet and Modern Dance Accompanist for Colorado State Ballet ● Participant in 1983 Queen Elisabeth.

Philosophy, Psychology

Entering Freshman through sophomore years of study with undeclared major.