Christopher Aspaas serves as Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Music at TCU. Christopher received his Ph.D. in Choral Music Education at The Florida State University in Tallahassee, his M.M. in Choral Conducting from Michigan State University in East Lansing, his B.M. in Voice Performance from St. Olaf. Christopher has served on the faculties of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington and Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.

At TCU, Christopher leads the Concert Chorale, TCU’s flagship mixed ensemble as well as the Frog Corps, TCU’s premier male vocal ensemble. He also teaches coursework in basic conducting, choral conducting, choral literature, advanced choral conducting and oversees the graduate choral conducting program. Under his leadership, the Concert Chorale has represented TCU at the 2023 ACDA National Conference, the 2023 TMEA Annual Convention, the 2022 NCCO Conference (virtual), the 2020 SWACDA Regional Conference, and the 2018 TMEA Annual Convention.

His travels as a guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator and lecturer have taken Christopher to Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ontario, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and three times to the Sultanate of Oman. He has conducted All-State Choruses in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, Montana, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, and Wisconsin as well as the British Columbia and Manitoba All-Province Honour Choirs. Additionally, Christopher led the All-Northwest Mixed Choir in 2015 and ACDA Southern Division Men’s Honor Choir in 2016. Christopher recently led the 2018 AMIS Men’s Honor Choir in Berlin, Germany and the 2019 APAC Honor Choir in Shanghai, P.R.C.

Christopher has produced more than forty compositions and arrangements for mixed, tenor-bass, and treble choirs. His works are published by Augsburg Fortress, earthsongs, Genry, Hal Leonard, and Aspen Hill Music, a publishing house founded in 2013 that is now distributed exclusively through ECS Publishing Group. His works have been featured on numerous All-State Choir performances as National, Regional Conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, and TMEA.