

Making the decision to move his entire life to a new city in order to rebuild a middle school Orchestra Program that was left in shambles. He began working for Cambridge Public Schools just 4 days after graduation. In addition, he is a member of the Massachusetts Teachers Association,Įl Sistema USA, The International Society of Bassists, as well as the Suzuki Association of the Americas.Ĭhristopher earned his Bachelor of Music in Music Education from The Hartt School in 2019, where he studied classical music with Robert Black and jazz with Nat Reeves. His latest personal project, the Chris Hernandez Experience, aims to bring new sounds to the Boston musicįor the last 3 years, his work in education has been balanced across Cambridge Public Schools, The Boston Music Project, El Sistema Somerville, and The Veronica Robles Cultural Center, amongst others. He plans to re-enter the fall 2022 orchestra audition cycle under the direction of Has spent time playing double bass with the Du Bois Orchestra, the Lincoln-Sudbury Civic Orchestra, the Orchestra Without Borders Boston and the Manchester Symphony Orchestra. His expertise in Classical, Jazz, Latin, Hip-Hop and Pop influenced music help him to push his colleagues and students into unique performance scenarios. His primary instrument, the bass, has provided him with the opportunities to perform concerts ranging from informal jam sessions, to synergetic shows at dozens of venues in New England, to the mainstages of Oktoberfest in Harvard Square, Cambridge MA, The Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston, MA, as well as First Night Boston 2022.Īs a performer, Hernandez is active and highly sought after in the Boston Metropolitan area. Chris specializes in playing and teaching low strings and fretted instruments, but is capable of playing and teaching various others. Christopher Hernandez is a multi-genre, multi-instrumentalist and educator based in Boston, MA.
