# Christopher Hossfeld Director of Music and Ritual Instructor in Sacred Music ![Chris Hossfeld](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/hds2/files/hossfeld-180x220.jpg?itok=EmnP6S7R) location\_on Swartz 111 smartphone [617.495.0839](tel:617.495.0839) email laptop\_windows [Harvard Connections profile (login required)](https://connections.harvard.edu/users/7cd323bce950a9dd1e2ec3a2add9f22c) ## Education - BA, Harvard College - MM, Yale University ## Profile Chris Hossfeld has served Harvard Divinity School since 2017 as director of music and ritual and instructor in sacred music. His professional experience spans many years as a conductor, composer, vocal performer, and lecturer in academic, church, and community settings. He has served as the director of music for many church communities around New England. In Montreal, he was the conductor and co-artistic director of Opera da Camera and co-founded One Equall Musick, a collaborative vocal ensemble. He composes music for many settings, from concert works to music for liturgy or film. His music has been performed at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Toronto Music Garden, Jordan Hall, and at Yale and Harvard Universities. He has received commissions from various ensembles, including the Rosetta Trio, the Cantata Singers of Ottawa, and the Grammy-nominated string orchestra A Far Cry. In addition to serving the HDS community, he is also the director of music at First Parish Church of Stow and Acton (Unitarian Universalist). ## Courses View [all Harvard courses](https://my.harvard.edu) in my.Harvard. ## Support To reach Harvard Divinity School's faculty coordinators, email [div-faculty\_coordinators@calists.harvard.edu](mailto:div-faculty_coordinators@calists.harvard.edu). - ## Affiliation [Faculty](/affiliation/faculty) [Staff](/affiliation/staff) - ## Alpha Grouping [F-J](/alpha-grouping/f-j) - ## Faculty Type [Others Offering Instruction](/faculty-type/others-offering-instruction) - ## Office [Office of Religious and Spiritual Life](/office/office-religious-and-spiritual-life)