Christopher Di Santo, Clarinet

Dr. Christopher Di Santo, clarinet, is Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of Instrumental Music Studies at Stockton University where, in addition to teaching clarinet, he teaches courses in music history, music appreciation, music theory, form and analysis, conducting, and instrumental ensembles as well. His former teaching positions include appointments on the music faculties as Artist-Lecturer at Moravian College, and West Chester, Lehigh and Rowan Universities. He has been teaching clarinet at Swarthmore College since the 1990’s.

Dr. Di Santo has taught at the Shanghai Conservatory in Shanghai, China, where he also performed as soloist with the Shanghai Conservatory Symphony Orchestra and has also performed in Shenzhen, China, Graz, Austria, Munich, Germany and Italy, as well as numerous venues throughout Canada and the United States. Accolades include being a keynote speaker for the 2017 PASMAE (Pan-African Society for Musical Arts Education) international conference in Swaziland, Africa and presenting at numerous music conferences in Seychelles, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

Dr. Di Santo is currently the Principal Clarinetist of the Bay-Atlantic Symphony, a position he has held since 1991, and also performs frequently throughout the greater
Philadelphia region with ensembles such as the Reading Symphony. Recording credits include Lee Pui Ming’s She Comes to Shore: concerto for improvised piano and orchestra in 2010 with the Bay-Atlantic Symphony as well as Verdi’s Requiem and Mozart’s Requiem K. 626 with Philadelphia’s Vox Ama Deus Ensemble. His clarinet playing and commentary have also been highlighted on NPR’s Morning Edition, later broadcast in translation over Voice of America, throughout Europe and the former Soviet Republics. Publishing credits include articles in The Clarinet (the official journal of the International Clarinet Association), and the International Alliance for Women in Music journal. Additionally, Dr. Di Santo was chosen for inclusion in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers and Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.

Dr. Di Santo earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Temple University, where he was a Conwell Fellow, a Master of Music degree from the University of Illinois, and a Bachelor of Music Education degree, cum laude, from The Ohio State University. His clarinet teachers include Anthony Gigliotti, Alan Hacker, Howard Klug, Dr. Donald E. McGinnis, and Dr. Robert A. Titus.