Full Name
Christopher Fashun
Job Title
Assistant Professor of Music
Company
Hope College - Michigan
Speaker Bio
Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor, performer, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles.
A 2019 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines, Dr. Fashun lived in Salvador da Bahia researching Afro-Brazilian music and culture as part of the U. S. Scholar Program.
An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College, he serves as the Director of Orchestras, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble, teaches applied percussion, world music, and is an instructor of Instrumental Music Education.
An accomplished percussionist and violist, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions, one on viola and two on marimba.
Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and percussionist. He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor. He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.
When he's not making music, he is either cycling, paddle boarding, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer, of course) with his wife and daughter.
A 2019 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines, Dr. Fashun lived in Salvador da Bahia researching Afro-Brazilian music and culture as part of the U. S. Scholar Program.
An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College, he serves as the Director of Orchestras, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble, teaches applied percussion, world music, and is an instructor of Instrumental Music Education.
An accomplished percussionist and violist, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions, one on viola and two on marimba.
Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and percussionist. He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor. He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.
When he's not making music, he is either cycling, paddle boarding, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer, of course) with his wife and daughter.