Chris Rathbun
Chris Rathbun's experiences in music range from being musical director, composer, and solo bassist for the Boston Black Repertory Company production of Joseph A. Walker’s, The River Niger, to being bassist in orchestral accompaniment of Ray Charles and on to the Boston Globe Jazz Festival, the White Mountain Blues and Jazz Festival, and the Highlands Jazz Festival. He has performed with internationally recognized jazz artists Terri Lynne Carrington, "Tiny" Grimes, "Papa" Jo Jones, Makoto Ozone, Herb Pomeroy, The Artie Shaw Orchestra, "Sir Charles" Thompson, Benny Waters, and Bob Wilber.
He received his BM from New England Conservatory, an MS in education and an MLS from Simmons College. His work in pit orchestras of the major theaters in the Boston area includes the musicals; A Chorus Line, Annie, City of Angels, Clue, Evita, Forever Plaid, Forty Second Street, and Stop The World I Want To Get Off, as well as shows with stars like Anna Maria Alberghetti, Rosemary Clooney, The Four Aces, The Four Lads, Marvin Hamlisch, Linda Hopkins, Al Martino, The Mills Brothers, Anthony Newley, Patti Page, John Raitt, Bobby Rydell, Yma Sumak, and Roger Williams.
He has also been a library media specialist, computer applications instructor and music theory teacher in public schools in Falmouth, Carver and Norwell and was formerly on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music Extension Division and the Community Music Center of Boston. He joined the faculty of South Shore Conservatory in 2005.
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