About Christopher
​Christopher Fiore has been playing the cello for over 35 years, and has had the opportunity to study extensively with members of the Cleveland Orchestra during his time at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the Chicago Symphony, while he was completing his graduate, and post-graduate studies at the DePaul School of Music.
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Christopher has over 20 years of teaching experience, and has worked with students of all ages, and abilities, and has been invited to teach at various Workshops and Institutes across the world. He has taken teacher-training from some of the most recognized pedagogues in the country.
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Christopher also has extensive experience with cello ensembles, having been the Cello Director at the Merit School of Music in Chicago, Illinois, where he led an advanced cello ensemble, as well as the Cello Director at the Oak Park String Academy, where he and his students collaborated with the Western Springs School of Talent Education for their annual Ensemble Concert at the Symphony Center in downtown Chicago. Christopher also ran his own private studio and cello ensemble at the DaCore Talent Education school in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
in his own words:
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"I have always loved performing in cello ensembles; my first introduction to that world was when I was 15 years old in my pre-college music program at the Hartt School of Music, where my teacher Pamela Devenport started the Advanced Cello Ensemble (ACE) to give all of the cello students there an opportunity to come together as a community, and enhance the skills that we were learning in orchestra.
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Since then, I have found myself coming back to that particular aspect of classical music again and again: during the lockdown, I spent most of my time arranging pieces, and recording all of the parts myself for friends and family. I also participated in the Global Cello Project, which brought cellists of all levels, and from all over the world together to create enormous collaborated videos. I also arranged and recorded one of my wife's favorite songs for her, so she could walk down the aisle to it for our wedding. Needless to say, cello ensemble has been a foundation for me, and has shown itself in many aspects of my life!
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It is my hope to pay forward what my teacher did for me in high school: I want to provide not only another musical opportunity, but also a community for students in the DMV area, and give them insight into incredibly diverse repertoire, and a beautiful soundscape that only multiple cellos can provide."