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Christopher Gantner
organ, harpsichord, piano
Christopher Gantner is an active collaborative pianist, organist, teacher, and composer in the New England region.
As a collaborative pianist, he has accompanied numerous musicals, competitions, workshops, and solo recitals in the area. Recently, Chris accompanied the Goffstown High School Musical “Guys and Dolls” and “Beauty and the Beast.”
As a church musician, Chris has worked both as a director and organist in the Lutheran, Methodist, Episcopal, United Church of Christ, Presbyterian, and Catholic denominations. He is also a member of the American Guild of Organists and is a certified C.A.G.O. Organist.
Currently, Chris teaches music at The Maple Avenue School in Goffstown, NH. In 2005, he composed a new school song entitled, “Good Day From Maple Avenue” and wrote the music to students’ lyrics “Baby Cries to Grown Up Eyes” which was entered in the VH-1 music awards contest. You can visit his school website by clicking here.
Christopher has also won several performance and composition awards. Among them is the University of New Hampshire Concerto Competition (click here to listen to the live performance in 2002, this is a very large file so it may take a while to download) and The Longy School of Music Call for Original Scores. His original work “A Sonata for Clarinet and Piano” was a finalist in the 2001 ASCAP awards. Click the following link to listen to this modern composition: movement 1, movement 2, movement 3. You can listen to more of Chris’s original music on the music database page.
Chris has a B.M. in music theory and composition from The University of New Hampshire. Chris is certified by the State of New Hampshire in Music K-12 and also has a Collegiate certification from the American Guild of Organists. He has studied organ performance at the gradate level (Master of Music program) at The Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA. His primary teachers include Peter Sykes, Michael Annichairico, Christopher Kies, Andrew Boysen, Paul Brust, Eric Sawyer, and Howard Frazin.
Aubrie Dionne, flute
Aubrie Dionne is an active performer, teacher, conductor, and adjudicator in the New England Region. As a flutist, she has performed in conjunction with The Great Water Music Festival, The Granite State Opera, The New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra, The Longy Chamber Orchestra, The Brockton Symphony, The Manchester Chamber Players, The Hanover Chamber Orchestra, and the Manchester Choral Society. She has also performed in various solo recitals throughout the region and as a soloist with the New Hampshire Symphony, the University of New Hampshire Symphony, Wind Symphony, and the Lakes Region Symphony.
Aubrie has also won several performance awards. Among them is first place in the Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Artist Performance Competition for four consecutive years in 1996-1999. She has also won the University of New Hampshire Concerto Competition twice in 1999-2000.
She is on the faculty at Plymouth State University and The Manchester Community Music School. She also teaches flute masterclasses every summer at the Summer Youth Music School at the University of New Hampshire. Her prize-winning students have won the Emerson Scholarship, the Granite State Auditions, and participated in The New Hampshire All State Music Festival. They have played in the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, the Greater Manchester Youth Symphony Orchestras, the North East Youth Symphony Orchestra, Interlochen Arts Camp, and the Tanglewood Summer Music Festival.
Aubrie currently conducts a collegiate flute choir at Plymouth State University and an advanced, intermediate, and beginner flute choir at the Manchester Community Music School. In 2003 she was the guest conductor/clinician at the New Hampshire All State Chamber Music Festival where she worked with their flute choir. She has also adjudicated the New Hampshire Music Educators All State Auditions, the NHMEA Solo and Ensemble Festival, and the Greater Boston Flute Association Solo and Ensemble festival.
She received her B.M. in music performance from the University of New Hampshire and has studied at the graduate level at the Longy School of Music. Her Teachers include Robert Willoughby and Peggy Vagts.
