Christopher Goddard (Piano) was born in Ottawa, Canada, and is currently based in Montreal. As a performer and advocate of contemporary music, he recently completed the contemporary performance program at the Manhattan School of Music, where he played with TACTUS ensemble and studied under Christopher Oldfather and Anthony de Mare. Recent performances took place with Columbia Composers, the Wet Ink Ensemble, Ensemble Moto Perpetuo and the Lucerne Festival Academy. As a composer, he has written for a wide variety of ensembles and soloists, including TAK new music collective, the Guidonian Hand, and the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne. He is currently pursuing a Doctorate in composition with Professor John Rea at McGill University.