Biography
Chris Dudley (countertenor)
Chris is a native of Great Britain came to the US in 2001 after attaining a BA in Music
from the University of East Anglia. A graduate of the Masters of Music & Pedagogy
Program of the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins, Chris has been in great demand
as a chorus and solo singer in the Washington area. He is currently a Lay Clerk in the
Washington National Cathedral Choir and St. Paul's K street Evensong Choir.
Mr. Dudley has sung in New York with the Ensemble for Early Music, and as a soloist
for the weekly Bach cantata that takes place at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.
In Washington DC, he is a regular soloist with the Washington Bach Consort.
He has sung with the Choirs of Norwich Cathedral in England, and St. George’s Chapel,
Windsor Castle as a choirboy in the Queens chapel, and has sung at many Royal Occasions under
Christopher Robinson, who has recently retired from being director of music at St. John's Cambridge. He
has featured with these choirs and others for concerts and recordings in England, Europe, Australia and
America.
In 2006, he was a finalist in the Philadelphia Bach Competition and the Lead in the Peabody Chamber
Opera production of “Acteon”.
When Chris is not singing, he volunteers as an Emergency Medical Technician with the Bethesda-Chevy
Chase Rescue Squad (BCCRS) and has a full-time teaching studio.
Chris is both the Artistic Director and Founder of the Countertop Quartet, founded in 2004.
