Bassist Kris Saebo is a soloist, bass guitarist, chamber musician, and teaching artist. He is also a recent alum of two professional training programs: Weill Music Institute's Teaching Artist Collaborative; and a two year residency playing chamber music and teaching through The Academy-a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute.

Kris performs regularly with The Chris Norman Ensemble, Ensemble ACJW, SONYC, Grammy Award-Winner Paul Halley, and Carnegie Hall's Professional Training Workshops. As the principal bassist of the Star Wars Orchestra, he and members of the Boston Pops and Orchestra of St. Luke?s recently toured North America playing Star Wars in Concert. As a long-time member of iPalpiti, the chamber orchestra of Young Artists International, he toured Europe, North America and the Middle East. He has also performed contemporary music with such groups as Metropolis Ensemble, Alarm Will Sound, Argento Chamber Ensemble, and Ikarus Chamber Players.

Kristoffer teaches bass privately and in Manhattan at Bloomingdale School of Music. Mr. Saebo received his Master and Bachelor of Music Degrees from the Juilliard School in 2006 as a student of Orin O'Brien and in 2004 as a student of Homer Mensch.

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