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Christopher M Culp (he/him) is an educator and trainer with a vast array of experiences teaching and facilitating all age groups. He currently works full time as a trainer and curriculum for a capacity building organization that focuses on sexual and reproductive health, while also adjunct teaching music and human sexuality courses at a Buffalo university, and teaching clarinet lessons at Community Music School. You may find him teaching, performing, or presenting at a conference - or even now getting interviewed for podcasts. He holds a MM in Clarinet Performance studying with Jean Kopperud (University at Buffalo), MA in Philosophy of Art (University at Buffalo), and a BA in Philosophy minoring in Women's Studies, English, Music, and Psychology (Robert E. Cook Honors College at Indiana University of Pennsylvania), as well as has completed a lot of coursework for a PhD in Musicology before switching gears to work more in public health education and training.
An avid educator, Chris has taught K-adult in many contexts including being a teacher's aid for K-1 classes in Philadelphia, TAing for Women's Studies courses at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, teaching history and analysis of musical theatre at University at Buffalo and D'Youville, Music Appreciation and Philosophy courses at Trocaire College, 9th grade Algebra with AmeriCorps, clarinet lessons at Community Music School, Human Sexuality at D'Youville, youth and adult groups around sexual and reproductive health, and various summer camps including the Hartwick Summer Music Festival and Appel Farm Arts and Music Camp. Chris has also had the pleasure to design and lead courses and workshops on Art for Social Change, Surrealism and Surrealist Games, Performing Gender, Identity Politics, Representations of AIDS in Art, Gender and Sexuality, Alternative Photography Development Techniques, Graphic Scores, John Cage, and Clarinet Contemporary Techniques. Having taught a variety of age groups, he focuses on the educational experience of the student so the materials are accessible yet thought-provoking in order to inspire life-long learning and critical thinking. Focusing on affective curation leads to learners expanding past their comfort zone into the learning zone, while also having the tools to process their discomfort in learning/unlearning.
As a musician, Chris is a mixture of experimentalism, reflection, and dramatic flair. An advocate for contemporary music, working with many composers in developing clarinet techniques and premiering new works in order to foster a greater sense of community between composer, performer, and audience. He performs classical and contemporary music in order to inspire that moment of hesitation where reflective thought occurs, through aesthetic beauty or arresting noise. Not afraid to be outside the box, Chris enjoys traveling between composers like Brahms and Beethoven to Cage, Berio, or William O. Smith and working with choreographers and dancers to collaborate on new interpretations of musical works. Not limiting himself to clarinet, he also does performance art as part of Babel: an experimental vocal ensemble, having recently performed many of the John Cage Songbooks for the Cage Centennial. He has had the great opportunity to be part of the fresh inc. festival and perform with the Color Field Ensemble, Slee Sinfonietta, and Wooden Cities.
An avid educator, Chris has taught K-adult in many contexts including being a teacher's aid for K-1 classes in Philadelphia, TAing for Women's Studies courses at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, teaching history and analysis of musical theatre at University at Buffalo and D'Youville, Music Appreciation and Philosophy courses at Trocaire College, 9th grade Algebra with AmeriCorps, clarinet lessons at Community Music School, Human Sexuality at D'Youville, youth and adult groups around sexual and reproductive health, and various summer camps including the Hartwick Summer Music Festival and Appel Farm Arts and Music Camp. Chris has also had the pleasure to design and lead courses and workshops on Art for Social Change, Surrealism and Surrealist Games, Performing Gender, Identity Politics, Representations of AIDS in Art, Gender and Sexuality, Alternative Photography Development Techniques, Graphic Scores, John Cage, and Clarinet Contemporary Techniques. Having taught a variety of age groups, he focuses on the educational experience of the student so the materials are accessible yet thought-provoking in order to inspire life-long learning and critical thinking. Focusing on affective curation leads to learners expanding past their comfort zone into the learning zone, while also having the tools to process their discomfort in learning/unlearning.
As a musician, Chris is a mixture of experimentalism, reflection, and dramatic flair. An advocate for contemporary music, working with many composers in developing clarinet techniques and premiering new works in order to foster a greater sense of community between composer, performer, and audience. He performs classical and contemporary music in order to inspire that moment of hesitation where reflective thought occurs, through aesthetic beauty or arresting noise. Not afraid to be outside the box, Chris enjoys traveling between composers like Brahms and Beethoven to Cage, Berio, or William O. Smith and working with choreographers and dancers to collaborate on new interpretations of musical works. Not limiting himself to clarinet, he also does performance art as part of Babel: an experimental vocal ensemble, having recently performed many of the John Cage Songbooks for the Cage Centennial. He has had the great opportunity to be part of the fresh inc. festival and perform with the Color Field Ensemble, Slee Sinfonietta, and Wooden Cities.