Chicago-based drummer, percussionist and pianist that can provide live or recorded music for your corporate engagements, weddings, bar mitzvahs, birthday parties and other special events! I have worked in the music industry for 10 years and have professional performance experience with:
symphonic orchestras
musical theatre pits
jobbing bands
jazz ensembles
latin groups
chamber ensembles
recording studios
I can work as a solo artist or as an accompanist, with the ability to read charts and improvise equally well. This affords me the ability to adapt and provide the most flexible musical approach to your events! I am also an experienced teacher. Please reach out anytime with questions!
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Price Range: $150/hr
Gig Length: 30 - 360 minutes
Languages: English
Unions: AFM
Top tier performance and the utmost professionalism
Christian Lolo Moreno is an active percussionist, timpanist and drum-set artist, specializing in orchestral & theatrical music.
As a freelance performer, Christian has played with the Chicago Philharmonic Society, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Marriott Theatre, Music Theatre Works, Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra, Kenosha Symphony Orchestra, Porchlight Music Theatre, Metropolis, Chicago Composers Orchestra, Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra, and The Second City, to name a few. In 2022, he was invited to hold the keyboard III book on the national broadway tour of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, traveling to over 65 cities across the United States, Mexico and Canada. From (phone number hidden)9, he gigged extensively across the U.S with tribute acts, Close to You: The Music of the Carpenters & A Carpenters Christmas. Christian has completed seasonal contracts for several summer stock theatres, including The Timberlake Playhouse and Rocky Mountain Repertory, and has also collaborated on numerous productions with the theatre departments of Northwestern University, Columbia College and Roosevelt University. He is a frequent call for some of the top jobbing bands working across the midwest, including The Bluewater Kings, and has backed a number of local independent artists, chamber ensembles, worship groups and pickup orchestras.
As an educator, Christian is a regular guest instructor at the People's Music School and maintains his own private studio. He has previously held teaching positions with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras, The Ravinia Festival (Sistema Ravinia), Schaumburg High School, and The Cook County Jail's MHTC program, among many others. Mr. Moreno has also served as a presenter and adjudicator for various solo/ensemble festivals within the NW suburbs.
Christian is a graduate of the DePaul University School of Music, where he primarily studied with Ian Ding & Michael Kozakis
He is proud to endorse Sabian Cymbals and is a member of the American Federation of Musicians, local 10-208.
For services that run more than 2 hours and which provide food and drink to guests:
1 complimentary meal and 30 minute break is required
I am an experienced solo performer and can accompany any act as a percussionist or drummer, with or without written charts/sheet music, although music is always preferred. This includes top 40 hits, classical works, world music and improvised performing.
As a freelance artist who performs in a variety of styles, I am heavily influenced by a variety of music.
As a child, the music of the 60s' and 70s was always on the radio. The studio drummers of that era heavily influenced the way I play and hear music, including the recording work of Hal Blaine, Jim Gordon, Jeff Pocarro and Walfredo Reyes. As a classical percussionist, Ted Atkatz and David Skidmore were great inspirations as well.
food and beverage for any performances longer than 2 hours
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