MEET THE ORCHESTRA

Violinist Christopher Stork, originally from Plainfield, Vermont, joined the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra in 2025. He previously served as Principal Second Violin of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra from 2021 to 2025 and held the same role at the Opera in the Ozarks festival in Arkansas, leading the section for the summer of 2025.

A dedicated chamber musician, Chris was the second violinist of the Iceberg String Quartet from 2018–2020. The ensemble held residencies at the Banff Centre, the Juilliard String Quartet Seminar, Toronto Summer Music Festival, and Bowdoin International Music Festival. They earned top honors at the McGill
Chamber Music Competition (2018), were finalists at the Chesapeake International Chamber Music Competition (2020), and semi-finalists at the Young Concert Artists Competition (2019). He has also performed with the resident piano trio at the Zodiac Music Festival in France and toured with the Vermont Mozart Chamber Players.

Chris’s orchestral experience includes serving as Concertmaster of the McGill Symphony Orchestra and Assistant Principal Second of the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist, he has appeared with the Thunder Bay Symphony, the Vermont Philharmonic, the Bathurst Chamber Music Festival, and the Hinesburg Artist Series.

He was a pre-college Honors student at the Mannes School of Music in New York City and holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from McGill University’s Schulich School of Music. His principal mentors include Andrew Wan, Alexander Read, Mark Fewer, Sally Thomas, and Elizabeth Reid.

When he’s not performing or teaching, Chris enjoys bodybuilding, playing Nintendo, and taking long (and often dramatic) walks with his corgi, Bowser — who insists on being the real star of the show. He believes a good practice session is best followed by a protein shake and a boss battle.