Christopher Ciampoli
Adjunct Faculty
Biography
Christopher Ciampoli is a composer and performer who takes interest in the intersections
of "old" and "new," with frequent inspiration from visual art, poetry, anthropology,
and astronomy. A guest composer for Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute 2019 National
Youth Orchestra and a recipient of the Peabody Conservatory's Randolph S. Rothschild
award, Ciampoli's compositions have been performed in the United States, Europe, and
Asia.
As a violinist, Ciampoli has premiered, performed, and recorded the works of many
composers and contemporary masters, along with routinely displaying and teaching music
of the traditional repertoire, in venues ranging from nature preserves in North Carolina
to St. Paul's Chapel at Columbia University in New York City. Ciampoli has served
as Concertmaster and Principal Violin II of the Occasional Symphony, Principal Violin
II of Symphony Number One, Concertmaster of the Peabody Camerata, and Concertmaster
of the TCNJ College Orchestra, along with performing solo recitals and concerts in
collaboration with other ensembles.
Ciampoli earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition from The Peabody
Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in 2021 where his primary teacher was Michael
Hersch, with additional mentorship from Sean Shepherd, Jason Eckardt, Oscar Bettison,
and Conrad Cummings. Ciampoli is an adjunct faculty member at Towson University, where
he teaches music theory and aural skills, and an adjunct faculty member at Harford
Community College, where he teaches composition lessons, violin lessons, chamber music,
electronic music, and popular music. He has presented his compositions and performed
violin in masterclasses with Georg Friedrich Haas, Christopher Rouse, Kate Soper,
and Jennifer Koh.