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Christopher Koch  Music Director and Conductor

Christopher Koch is currently assistant professor of music and Director of Orchestra and Wind Symphony at Drury University, Music Director of the Springfield-Drury Civic Orchestra, and Music Director of Ensemble 21, Springfield’s professional contemporary music ensemble. Previously, he served as Director of Instrumental Music at Bethel College, where he conducted the orchestra, opera, and wind ensemble, and taught applied flute. He received his Bachelor of Music degrees in flute performance and music education from the Eastman School of Music, Master of Music degrees in flute and orchestral conducting from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music, and the Doctor of Musical Arts in conducting from the University of Washington. Koch has been music director of the Kansas City Repertory Orchestra, the Saint Lawrence Ensemble, and the Sydney (Australia) Flute Choir; assistant conductor of the Colorado Mahlerfest Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, the University of Rochester Symphony, and the Kansas City Conservatory Orchestra, Opera, and Musica Nova. Recently, he appeared as guest conductor with the Springfield Symphony, served as Associate Conductor of the Salina Symphony Orchestra and conducted performances with the Hutchinson, Newton Mid-Kansas, and Timberline Symphony Orchestras. While in Seattle, Koch served as Chair of Music at the Northwest School, faculty at the Seattle Conservatory of Music, and as an interim instructor at the University of Washington, where he conducted the Wind Ensemble and Concert Band. In 1996, he received the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship to Australia, where he was an active conductor and adjudicator. He is also a contributing author for the book series A Composer’s Insight: Thoughts, Analysis, and Commentary on Contemporary Masterpieces for Wind Band (Meredith Music Publications). 

For more information, please contact
Dr. Christopher Koch at 417-873-7298 or ckoch@drury.edu