Christian Frederickson

Christian Frederickson is a violist, composer, and sound designer who specializes in live music performance for theater and dance, two genres in which he’s worked almost exclusively since 2004. He was a founding member and one of the principal songwriters (along with Jason Noble and Rachel Grimes) of the Louisville, KY-based instrumental band Rachel’s, who released 6 albums on Quarterstick Records between 1995 and 2003. As a solo artist, Frederickson has released seven albums since 2011: “The Painted Bird | Bastard”, “The Painted Bird | Amidst”, and “Custodians of Beauty” are scores for contemporary dance; “Death Metal Angola” was written for a documentary film by Jeremy Xido about the rock music scene and the aftermath of decades of war in Angola; “Teratogeny”, “The Starving Season”, and “Islands of Light” are collections of music from various film, dance, and theater projects. In 2010 he formed a group called The Young Scamels with Jason Noble and Greg King of Rachel’s. Their album “Tempest” was the score for a production of the Shakespeare play at Actors Theatre of Louisville.

Frederickson was trained as a classical musician, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in performance from The Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University and a Master’s degree from The Juilliard School.