Christopher Hux:  

I attended the College of William and Mary after graduating from FHS, where I earned a BS in Biology and a terminal love for theater and music. I graduated in 1979 . I returned to Washington DC area to work, first in Meloy Laboratories in a genetic engineering research lab ( I was a disaster : I dropped things! Radioactive and carcinogenic things! It was a far cry from the fascinating world of college lectures... and not for me. ) and then for 3 years in telephone sales for ITT World Communications ( I sold telex services - this was before email and fax machines! Those new fangled devices ruined our business during my three years there ! ). All the while I sang in a professional chorus in DC ( the Paul Hill Chorale ) , and then was a finalist in the Metropolitan Opera competition in DC. This was the fork in my proverbial road : I eventually quit ITT, and worked with Arena Stage for a few productions ( Candide, Happy End, etc ) and the chorus of the Washington Opera, plus a church job and the Paul Hill Chorale. Then ... I left DC in 1984 to begin my training as an apprentice and the Lake George Opera Festival in NY, and Tri Cities Opera in Binghamton New York ( where I lived for 6 years, sang many roles with the company and earned a Masters of Music degree in 1986 )... This was one of the happiest periods of my life as I was actively pursuing my dream of solo singing and had lots of opportunities for performance with the company. In 1989 I was taken on by agent Judith Liegner in NYC and soon thereafter moved into Manhattan and began my 6 years of solo singing throughout the US ( + Toulon, France - Wexford, Ireland - Giessen, Germany ). Highlights included a performance of Carousel at the Houston Opera for President George Bush ( the senior ), performing Barber of Seville for the educational program of the Metropolitan Opera, 3 concerts at Carnegie Hall with Eve Queler's group, Albert Herring with the Glimmerglass Opera in upstate New York ( one of my favorite roles ),...Expand for more