Christopher Coleman was born in Atlanta, GA. This composer, conductor, and trombonist is currently Composition Coordinator of the Hong Kong Baptist University Dept. of Music and Fine Arts. He has also taught at the University of Chicago, DePaul University, Columbia College, and in the Interlochen Center for the Arts summer program. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, where he studied composition with Ralph Shapely and Shulamit Ran. While a the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned the M.A. in composition, he studied with George Crumb, George Rochberg, and Richard Wernick, among others.