Résumé

Christopher Lee Fraley, Composer

Kailua Kona, HI · Chris@FraleyMusic.com · 425.829.9654 (Hawaii time zone)

Summary

Composer of over thirty choral works, with additional credits including eight orchestral tone poems, two operettas, string quartets, a piano sonata, and two piano trios. My music aims to be accessible while remaining emotionally engaging and musically deep. For a complete list of works, visit the Catalog Index, where sample recordings and perusal scores are available.

Works & Performances

• 2026 – Vice President of Kona Choral Society. Wrote Aia i ka La‘i (F. 183), accepted by the 2026 Nā Haku Mele choral festival. Exhibitor at the WACDA 2026 Composer Fair.
• 2025 – President of Kona Choral Society. An End (complete) premiered by Cascadian Chorale. Wrote On this day earth shall ring (F. 182) and I See You Still (F. 179).
• 2024 – President of Kona Choral Society. Wrote Lully Lullay (F. 181), premiered by The Highlands choir, Wyomissing, PA.
• 2022 – Two arrangements of Of the Father’s Love Begotten (F. 180a, F. 180b).
• 2021 – Let All Mortal Flesh (F. 165b) arranged for SAB and Handbells.
• 2020 – Kona Choral Society commissioned Island Home (F. 178). Completed A Light Exists in Spring (F. 177). Interviewed on Moveable Do podcast.
• 2017 – Release of Stories CD by the Byrd Ensemble. Premiere of Reminiscence (F. 166).
• 2016 – Premiere of Break, Break, Break (F. 170) by Radiance. Release of Brightest and Best video.
• 2014 – Premiere of Let All Mortal Flesh (F. 165) by Cascadian Chorale.
• 2013 – Commission from Gaithersburg Community Chorus for Hine Ma Tov (F. 163).
• 2012 – Premiere of Wistful Wind (F. 152). Commission: Let Us Be Merry (F. 160).
• 2011–2012 – Composer-in-Residence for Cascadian Chorale. Premiere of The Plains (F. 154) and Missa Historiae (F. 155).
• 2003 – Paintings of Song recital. Premiere of Fish Trio (F. 127) at MAVI. Premiere of Eire’s Call (F. 131) at Benaroya Hall.
• 2001–2002 – Commission from Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra: Fanfare for Life.
• 1997–1999 – Two Young Composer’s Grants from Chaspen Foundation for the Arts: Red Riding Hood and Frog Prince.

Other Roles

• 2007–2019 – Advisor, copyist, and technologist for the estate of composer Alan Hovhaness.
• 2017–2019 – Private secretary and copyist to choral conductor Abraham Kaplan.

Education

• Private composition studies with Peter Wolf (1994–2010), Bern Herbolsheimer (2007), Roupen Shakarian (2014), John Muehleisen (2018–2019).
• B.S. Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (1989).