Chris Cerreto is a freelance Drummer, Percussionist, Composer, Arranger, Orchestrator, Copyist, and Foley Artist based in New York City. His performance experience ranges from performing in Broadway productions on tour such as, The Spongebob Musical, Anastasia the Musical, and Mean Girls Musical, to cruise ships, and regional theater productions across the country. He has studied classical percussion and drum set with Casey Cangelosi, Bill Rice and Marlon Foster. His compositions have been performed by the James Madison University Wind Symphony, the Holland Youth Symphony, the Shenandoah Youth Symphony, and numerous other ensembles around the world. His music has won awards in competitions such as the New Music for Wind Ensemble Competition, The New Music For Young Musicians Composer Competition and the Holland Symphony Orchestra’s Young American Composer’s Competition. He has also arranged for numerous ensembles resulting in his music being performed in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, WGI Indoor Percussion Finals, and more. He has studied composition with Eric Guinivan, Jason Haney, and John Hilliard. He is also the co-author and ensemble music composer for the percussion curriculum book: A Guide for the Modern Percussionist published through Eastern Hill Music. Chris is a graduate of James Madison University majoring in Music Composition with a Minor in Music Industry. |