In the present, I continue to live an eclectic life as a musician, teacher, scholar, producer, and conductor based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. This website is an active and dynamic document of my professional-life-in-progress as I experience the world through these five lenses. Many of my interests have grown organically through the various music endeavours I get involved in: music making, teaching, scholarship, producing, and conducting are all part of the same continuum, though sometimes, these interests take on lives of their own.

As a lifelong learner, I stretch my boundaries and challenge myself in both formal and informal learning and working situations. I seek to apply a balance of critical and creative thinking to my endeavors. This foundation has allowed me to draw and apply ideas from various fields and disciplines. I believe that anything worth doing in life is worth doing well, and this requires vigilance, tenacity, and generosity. The rewards are intrinsic. Still, I submit that life has much to offer and teach me. So, I remain faith filled and open minded while always seeking equilibrium, in equal proportion.

I was born and raised in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and I recognize that my upbringing and my environment have allowed me to pursue and realize my goals and dreams. Therefore, the aim of my work, through service, with humility, and in charity, is to promote peace, awareness, and justice by empowering, enabling, and encouraging the people I work with to pursue and realize their own goals and dreams. After three decades [and counting!] of existence on this Earth, I am most grateful for these opportunities to share my work.

Most of the items posted within this website are archives for the work in which I engage including completed projects, past gigs, courses I have taken, and other miscellany that I find curious. I love to write and I use this medium to reflect upon my experiences and my journey through life. These expressions continually remind me to never take for granted that I am blessed to do what I do and to never forget to thank all of the people who have helped me along the way. As you browse through the site, you may find my reflections rather lengthy and wordy. That’s alright, because I do too! For a linear reflection on my life, written shamelessly in the third person, please click here.

Aside from my artistic and academic pursuits, I am a voracious but slow and systematic reader. I prefer verity over fiction. In particular, I enjoy reading about writers on writing, teacher auto/biographies, and conductor and musician memoirs. Academic tomes on the history, philosophy, and sociology of music education; Catholic education, campus ministry, and youth spirituality; and the history of Gregorian Chant, chironomy, and liturgical music, also tickle my fancy. Visits to used bookstores are frequent.

On the lighter side of life, my family and my friends keep me well grounded and sane. I cheer and jeer [also in equal proportion] for the Vancouver Canucks via satellite where I am constantly analyzing the systems and tactics in gameplay. I enjoy learning about Filipino culture, cuisine, and cooking; trying to understand United States society while maintaining my Canadian identity; watching indie documentaries and foreign flicks; and keeping fit. I raw code websites featuring simple and minimal web design. Verdana is my favourite font and I use it every chance I get. While I abstain from alcohol and I have zero tolerance for drug use, I am horribly addicted to bubble tea. To make up for it all, I wail my cares away by picking up the bass guitar in my studio and by improvising excessively in the saddest of all keys ... D minor.

Finally, I am always plotting devious ways of fusing older with newer ways of thinking. As a result, if you catch me on a good day, you'll get a chance to hear about my latest wacky project or crazy idea! But, as a bumper sticker once read, 'Don't start vast projects with half-vast ideas!' ;)

I hope you enjoy your visit to my little corner of the web world. Click around and stay awhile. Welcome!

Chris Trinidad
7 March 2010