Christopher Schoelen
News and Updates
Winter's Light
My duo, Deux Saisons, has released our first album! Winter’s Light, is the culmination of a long desired holiday music project that is finally coming to fruition. It is a collection of holiday favorites, some classics, and some lesser-known holiday pieces.
Our album is now available to stream on all major platforms (Spotify, AppleMusic, AmazonMusic, etc.) The official release date was on December 15th where we performed our album in Orlando, FL.
All the works were performed by soprano, Keri Lee Pierson, and guitarist, Christopher Schoelen. We hope this album will bring joy and light to your holiday season.
The album is available for order and can still make it to you before Christmas. Purchase a few as they are excellent stocking stuffers! We hope you enjoy Deux Saisons premier album: Winter’s Light.
News and Updates
Neo: Modernism & the Guitar
Recently, Christopher has released his second solo classical guitar album. Neo: Modernism & The Guitar is a collection of pieces from composers who composed for the classical guitar during the Modernist period. This album will be a way to hear the sounds of the time period that were influencing artists like Picasso, Gris, and Braque.
It includes pieces by iconic composers such as Joaquín Rodrigo, Darius Milhaud, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and more. These composers all wrote pieces during time of Modernism for the guitar. Many of these pieces were composed for the particular up-and-coming young classical guitar pioneer, Andrés Segovia.
The album can be purchased on my online store along with my premier album: Anima.
2019
Music & Meditation
Won 2nd place for the program Music & Meditation from the Creativity in Music competition
2018
iPlay: An Audience Perspective on New Music
Won 1st place for the program iPlay: An Audience Perspective on New Music from the Creativity in Music competition
2018
International Travel Grant
Was awarded a travel grant to participate in a new music festival in Cortona, Italy
2017
Orpheus, Pan, Tellus, & Acoustic Ecology
Won 2nd place for his program Orpheus, Pan, Tellus, and Acoustic Ecology from the Creativity in Music competition
2016
Golden Era of Romantic Music Competition
Won the 1st place award and was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
2015
American Protege
Won the 2nd place award from the American Protege competition in New York, NY
Teaches guitar, Italian, and Spanish
Published various arrangements for classical guitar, guitar & flute, and guitar & voice
Gives concerts regularly throughout his community
Tours
Highlighted Past Performances
2020
Flagler College
Christopher performed with the Concert Singers ensemble at Flagler College
2020
Romanza Festival
Deux Saisons performs voice and guitar works for the Romanza Festival’s chamber music series
2019
Music Through The Centuries
Doctoral DMA guitar recital at the University of South Carolina
2018
Live and Upstairs
Chandler Music Hall, in Randolph, VT, presents Christopher Schoelen to kick off it’s ‘Live & Upstairs’ concert series
2016
Carnegie Hall, NY
1st place winner of International Competition of Romantic Music
