Chris Vincent received his bachelor’s degree in piano performance from Florida State University, where he also received a master’s in ethnomusicology. He is also a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington. He has lived in Japan for five years where he researched Japanese traditional music and mastered the koto (13-string zither). In Tokyo he accompanied the Tokyo International Singers and was organist and choir director at St. Alban’s Anglican Church. In Seattle he has taught music theory and world music appreciation at the University of Washington and the Art Institute of Seattle, and has conducted several choirs. He is currently Artistic Director of The Market Street Singers (a community choir in Ballard) and Director of Music at Mt. Baker Park Presbyterian Church. He is also staff accompanist and voice coach at the Cornish College of the Arts. Past accompanying credits include the voice and opera programs at the University of Washington and Florida State University, the Seattle Opera Guild, Puget Sound Opera, the Issaquah Chorale, The Seattle Lesbian and Gay Chorus, Showtunes! Theatre Company, Cascadian Chorale, Seattle Choral Company, City Cantabile Choir, and the Seattle Men’s Chorus.