In his 35-year acoustics consulting career, Christopher has worked on a remarkably wide variety of projects ranging from schools to offices, museums to fitness centers, performing arts venues to senior living facilities, and all manner of environmental noise assessments. He has extensive experience in programming and design and especially enjoys helping clients find the best balance of program, budget, and schedule.Christopher is a performing violinist and instructor.EXPERIENCEMore than 30 years of acoustic design experience:* Assembly Places International: 1989-1990* Artec Consultants: 1990-1994* Orpheus Acoustics (sole proprietor): 1994-2005* Acoustic Distinctions: 2005-presentEDUCATIONMS in Architectural Acoustics Greenwich UniversityBS in Violin Performance The New School of MusicPUBLICATIONSThe Creative Violinist: Integrating Technique and Music through Improvisation (ISBN-13: 978-0989220606 ISBN-10: 0989220605), Orpheus Publishing, 2013The Integrative Design Guide to Green Buildings (by 7group and Bill G. Reed), Integrating Acoustics into Building Design, Wiley, 2009Strings, The Third Way (the origin, reputation, and application of (say what!?) Tartini Tones, volume 21, number 9, issue 158, April 2008The Strad, Making Waves (on intonation), volume 118, number 1412, December 2007Early Music America, What Early Music Needs Is the Sound of Silence, volume 9, number 3, fall 2003School Planning and Management Magazine, Why Do Multi-Purpose Rooms Usually Have Terrible Acoustics? And What Can Be Done About It? July 2003Architectural Acoustics, (ISBN 0-7864-1398-0), McFarland, 2002Bemused: poems written after dark, (ISBN-10: 1098379535 ISBN-13: 978-1098379537), BookBaby, 2021“Chris provided bespoke, inventive, value-added solutions which worked with the constraints of the project budget. Chris developed design solutions in a collaborative manner, and worked iteratively with me and our architecture team to refine the architectural detailing, product specifications, and define and communicate the structural coordination requirements, and HVAC, Plumbing and Electrical coordination requirements. It was a pleasure working with Chris. . .” A client
Listed skills include Architectural Acoustics, Noise Control, Acoustics, Sustainable Design, and 14 others.
