CHRISTOPHER MUDD (conductor) just completed his 24th year as director of Bands at Churchill High School in Eugene and his 29th year as a public school music teacher. He began conducting musicals in 1981 while still in high school with the 'Holy Innocents" summer theatre in St. Louis. As a horn player, he has been principal horn for theatre productions at The Shedd since 2002. Chris is 4th horn with the Eugene Opera Orchestra and has performed with the Oregon Symphony, Eugene Symphony, Newport Symphony, Oregon Coast Music Festival and is the guitarist with Swing Shift Jazz Orchestra.