Chris Gonzalez is a freelance musician serving the southeast United States. A native of Orlando, FL, he currently resides in Austin, TX where he teaches a full-time bassoon studio of over 40 middle and high school students.
A passionate educator, Chris has been teaching private bassoon lessons for over 10 years. He’s held positions as a graduate teaching assistant in bassoon, a highly-effective rated music & art teacher in the state of Florida, and a high school marching band technician. He was featured as a guest clinician in bassoon at Rollins College.
As a professional bassoonist and contrabassoonist, he’s performed with the Northwest Florida Symphony, Pensacola Symphony, Panama City Pops, and the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestras. Additionally, he has performed in a variety of musicals as a woodwind doubler.
As a soloist, he was awarded grand prize at the First Coast Wind Symphony Concerto Competition performing the Mozart bassoon concerto. The Tampa Bay Symphony awarded him as the sole woodwind finalist two years in a row performing the Mozart and Hummel bassoon concerti.
He has attended Florida State University, Louisiana State University, McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, and Lynn Conservatory of Music. His primary teachers include Jeff Keesecker, Darrel Hale, Stéphane Lévesque, Whitney Crockett, and Ashley Heintzen. Awarded fellowships, he has attended the National Music Festival, National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute, and Orford Musique.
