A man in a tuxedo is playing a clarinet in an orchestra

Christopher Stathis

Chris grew up in Hamden, CT. He attended Ithaca College and Columbia University where he earned a B.S. in Physics, Minor in Clarinet and M.S. in Electrical Engineering. He currently works in Robotics. Chris joined New Phil in 2019, and has also performed with the Charles River Wind Ensemble, Metropolitan Winds, MIT Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble, and the Du Bois Orchestra at Harvard. Has also played in theater pits at MetroWest Opera and Brandeis University. He’s engaged to Melinda and will hopefully be getting married in July 2020! When not at New Phil you can find Chris in the lab doing robotics research and development projects for a four-legged robot called Spot at Boston Dynamics.