Ms. Chris Rua

Member

Biography

Chris Rua performs on a wide range of instruments including recorders, oboe, bagpipe, Renaissance reeds, percussion and as a vocalist. She has performed with the Quadrivium, the Utah Shakespeare Festival, Libana, the Christmas Revels, Early Music New York, Piffaro, and Ex Umbris. She has taught at numerous Early Music and Dance workshops including Early Music Week at Pinewoods, of which she directed for three years, World Fellowship Early Music Week and at the Westminster Choir College, The Mideast Early Music Workshop, Mountain Collegium and at various American Recorder Workshops.  She has played for English Country dancing from California to England, with Bare Necessities, for ECD Balls and at other dance weeks including the Berea Christmas Week, Buffalo Gap and English American Week at Pinewoods. Having completed a 10 year tour with Cirque du Soleil she now lives in  Vermont performing, Baroque music, teaching and coaching ensembles at Seven Star Arts in Sharon VT and the Upper Valley Music Center in Lebanon NH. Chris’ most recent project is a live radio show called “Star Radio Hour” which she created and directs in Sharon, VT.  This old timey radio show incorporates local talent and highlights a swing band, close harmony singers, poets, storytellers and fun ads from local sponsors.