Chris Enghauser
Bassist Chris Enghauser earned a MM in Music Performance from The University Georgia, a BM in Music Performance from George Mason University. Chris performs regularly with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, Tuscaloosa Symphony, Carrollton Jazz Orchestra, Augusta Symphony, Albany Symphony, and Toccoa Symphony. Recent performance highlights include The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Trey Wright Trio, and in the orchestra at The World Games, Birmingham 2022. Present teaching positions include Adjunct Professor at Georgia College and State University, and Director of Bands at Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School in Athens, Georgia. Chris' performing experience includes jazz, rock, bluegrass, folk, and world music. Recording highlights include rock legend Chuck Leavell's CD Back to the Woods, Jeff Coffin's Commonality, and Mimi Fox's DVD Live at the Palladium. Chris performed with national Broadway tours of Pump Boys and Dinettes, A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, Cole Porter's Anything Goes, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Chris has shared the stage with a variety of artists including Bela Fleck, Roy Wooten, Victor Wooten, Sarah Evans, Akira Tana, Randall Bramblett, Mark Feldman, Chester Thompson, Jamie Barton, Chloe Agnew, Heather Sorenson and with many of the regional symphonies in Georgia including the Macon Symphony, Carroll Symphony, Columbus Symphony, Valdosta Symphony, La Grange Symphony, Rome Symphony, and Gainesville Symphony.
Courses Taught
- Primary Applied/Secondary Applied Double Bass
- Electric Bass Jazz Combos
- Intro to Music
Education
- MM in Music Performance from The University Georgia
- BM in Music Performance from George Mason University