Christopher Gilliam

Baritone
Winston-Salem, NC

A conductor praised for his “precision and clarity,” and performances hailed as “enlightened,” North Carolina native Christopher Gilliam is the Director of Choral Activities at Wake Forest University, the artistic director for the pro chorus Vox Humana, director of the Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus, and Director of Music at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, NC. Christopher Gilliam received the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Voice Performance and M.M. degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Kansas in 2003 under the tutelage of Simon Carrington. Prior to accepting the post at Wake Forest, he served as Director of Choral Activities at Davidson College in Davidson, NC, from 2012–2020. As director of the Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus, he has regularly taken the podium to conduct choral masterworks for the Symphony. Of his solo performances, critics have written, “magnificent,” “a well-modulated voice with a pleasant timbre,” “…commanding baritone,” and “…marvelous, with strikingly rich tone and impeccable diction.” Christopher has been a soloist for the Winston-Salem and Memphis Symphonies, and he is on the rosters of the Oregon Bach Festival and Charlotte Bach Akademie. Gilliam has published music with Alliance, Beckenhorst Press, E.C. Schirmer, and Lorenz.