Christopher Ramaekers, D.M.A.

Christopher Ramaekers is Music Director of Symphony847 and Access Contemporary Music in Chicago. He spent twelve years at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and has been Music Director of the Lake Forest Civic Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Vincent’s and the Hyde Park Youth Symphony. Dr. Ramaekers has been Principal Conductor of the Middleton Community Orchestra and Ravenswood Community Orchestra, Associate Conductor of the Chicago Composers Orchestra, and Assistant Conductor of the Quad-City Symphony. He has appeared with the Kenosha, Kalamazoo, Beloit-Janesville, and Skokie Valley Symphonies, Ensemble Dal Niente, and the Chicago Opera Vanguard. Ramaekers can be heard on recordings with Symphony847, Spektral Quartet, and the Chicago Composers Orchestra, as well as with organizations such as Rémy-Martin, and Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.

Dr. Ramaekers has held fellowships with the Allentown Symphony and the Peninsula Music Festival, was winner of the 2011 American Prize, and holds degrees from Western Michigan and Northwestern Universities.

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Email: csramaekers@utep.edu

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