Dr. Christopher Barrick
Jazz Ensemble — Applied Saxophone — Applied Clarinet — Woodwind Area Coordinator
Dr. Christopher Barrick is Associate Professor of Music at West Liberty University, where he teaches applied clarinet and saxophone, and directs the Jazz Ensemble. A versatile musician and educator, Barrick performs and teaches all styles of music including classical, jazz, and rock. He has given solo performances at numerous conferences including those of the North American Saxophone Alliance, the United States Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium, and the Association for Technology in Music Instruction. Barrick has performed professionally with nationally known acts such as the Omaha Symphony, Johnny Mathis, the Legends of Swing, the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Sonny Turner and the Platters, The Crystals, The Coasters, Wayne Newton, the Harry James Orchestra and The Temptations.
Dr. Barrick’s research interests include both saxophone repertoire and jazz studies. His scholarship has been published by the North American Saxophone Alliance’s Saxophone Symposium. In 2009, Lambert Academic Press published his book on the saxophone repertoire of composer Elliot Del Borgo. Barrick has presented research at the US Navy Band Saxophone Symposium and at regional conferences of the College Music Society.
An experienced educator, Barrick has taught at two major universities and in the public schools of Tennessee. In 2008, he directed the Nebraska Class B All-State Jazz Band. Prior to his appointment at West Liberty, he served as the Jazz Ensemble Director at Doane College (Crete, NE) and as a Teaching Assistant in Saxophone at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Originally from New Jersey, Dr. Barrick holds music degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (DMA, 2008), the University of Tennessee (MM, 2003) and Indiana University of Pennsylvania (BA, 2000 and BS, 2001).
Please visit Dr. Barrick’s website at: christopherbarrick.net
CLASSICAL AUDIO EXAMPLES
Claude T. Smith, Fantasia for Saxophone (excerpt)
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Halsey Stevens, Dittico, second movement
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JAZZ AUDIO EXAMPLES
An improvised solo on Cannonball Adderley’s “Sack O’Woe”
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“Blue Kryptonite,” an original composition performed by the Chris Barrick Group.
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CLARINET VIDEO EXAMPLE
A live performance of Artie Shaw’s Clarinet Concerto
