Chris has served as a church pianist, ensemble and quartet singer, and arranged and composed church music for over 30 years, as well as accompanying large crowds, and playing at over 30 weddings. ?Seeing the need for better instruction in the area of music, he began teaching, produced the Powerful Praise Music Conference in the Spokane, WA area, wrote an instruction manual for church pianists titled, “Hymnprovisation, the Art of Effective Accompaniment”, and has taught numerous music classes from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, to Belize, Central America. Currently, he serves as the Director of Music at Grace Bible Church, in Coeur d’ Alene, ID, with his beautiful wife, Becca Lee, son Matthew, and is eagerly awaiting the birth of his second child.