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Monday, Oct. 21 at 8 p.m.
Squires Recital Salon
$15 general/$12 senior/$10 student
Please check back on or after Aug. 26 for link to purchase tickets through the Moss Arts Center ticket office.

A native of Las Vegas, Nevada, Chris Castellanos has enjoyed a prosperous and eclectic musical career. Upon joining the Las Vegas Philharmonic at the age of 18, he quickly established himself as a top call freelancer on the Las Vegas Strip, playing more than 1700 shows over a six-year run of Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular. He also played many additional shows for Spamalot and The Lion King and backed countless headliners on the Las Vegas Strip, including Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Frank Sinatra Jr., Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Peter Cetera, Robert Goulet, Olivia Newton-John, Michel Legrand, Kenny G, Yes, Josh Groban, Michael Bublé, Ricky Martin and David Foster (Hit Man live album and DVD). In addition, he toured with Andrea Bocelli.

In late 2003, Castellanos found his passion as a chamber musician after joining the Dallas Brass for a six-year tenure touring the United States and abroad. In 2009, he joined the prestigious Boston Brass as hornist, arranger and co-owner of the group, with whom he tours worldwide. In addition to his duties with the Boston Brass, he is a very active soloist and clinician, serves as Principal Horn of the Sinfonia Salt Lake and frequently performs with orchestras across the United States.

Visitors to the Blacksburg campus Monday - Friday, 7 a.m. - 10 p.m. will need to display a parking permit, utilize the ParkMobile app, pay the daily charge for a pass, or pay for parking using an hourly meter. A range of parking options can be found here.

If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Susan Sanders at susansan@vt.edu prior to the event.

We are grateful to Main Street Inn and The Inn at Virginia Tech, the hotel sponsors for the Music on Mondays and Visiting Artist Series in the School of Performing Arts at Virginia Tech.

As an educator, Castellanos has taught in every state in the United States as well as in over 30 countries. He has presented clinics and master classes at The Juilliard School, Eastman School of Music, Sibelius Academy (Finland), Bruckner Academy of Music (Austria), Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (Singapore), Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Guildhall School of Music and Drama (UK) and many more.

Castellanos is a Yamaha Performing Artist.