In-School Performances

CHRISTOPHER O’RILEY

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“HE CERTAINLY BROUGHT IMAGINATION AND TALENT TO THE ENDEAVOUR.”
Los Angeles Times
“O’RILEY PLAYED SO DELICATELY THAT HE SEEMINGLY LEFT NO FINGERPRINTS ON THE KEYS, YET HIS MELODIES SUNG OUT WITH SWEET CLARITY.”
The Washington Post
“SCRUPULOUSLY POLISHED IN PHRASING AND ARTICULATION, TONE AND TEXTURE.”
Pittsburgh-Live
“O’RILEY’S PLAYING IS LACED WITH AN OTHERWORDLY ELEGANCE THAT CAN’T BE DUPLICATED.”
Spendid.com
“"...HE CONVEYED THE THRASHING INTENSITY OF A ROCK BAND WITH PUNGENTLY SPIKY CHORDS AND THICK TEXTURES."”
The New York Times
News and Events

01.27.12
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01.13.12
Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O’Riley Team Up
Shuffle.Play.Listen

01.09.12
This is Your Brain on Music
Daniel Levitin discusses music and science with Alex de Grassi

Performance Highlights

02.04.12
The Cashore Marionettes
Woodstock Opera House
Woodstock, IL

02.04.12
Luna Negra Dance Theater
Duncan Theatre
Lake Worth, FL

02.07.12
LA Theatre Works
Miami University
Oxford, OH

Listen

from the album - Out of My Hands
Heart Shaped Box (Cobain)
Mother (Amos)
All I Need (Radiohead)
from the album - Shuffle.Play.Listen
Empty Room (Arcade Fire)
Pyramid Song (Radiohead)
Variations on a Slovak Folksong (Martinu)
Radio Spot for
Out of My Hands
30 Second Radio Spot

Discography

Out of My Hands
MESA Blue Moon
2009
Second Grace: the Music of Nick Drake
World Village USA
2007
Home to Oblivion: A Tribute to Elliott Smith
World Village USA
2006
Hold Me To This: Christopher O'Riley Plays Radiohead
World Village USA
2005
True Love Waits: Christopher O'Riley Plays Radiohead
Sony
2003
Christopher O'Riley At The Break
From the Top
2001
Vers La Flamme- Scriabin
Image Recordings, LLC
2001
Christopher O'Riley Plays Ravel
Albany Records
1989