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Chris Wheeler left his West Country roots at 16 and was accepted into the City of Edinburgh Music School, after which followed two years at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and two years at City University, graduating in 2003 with a Bachelor of Music degree. He currently works in various musical capacities including events programmer, recording producer, artist manager, performer, sound designer & DJ.

During his second year at music college Wheeler tried his luck at club-night promotion amid London’s East End.  Although appreciative of the concert hall ethos Wheeler was more interested in breaking down the boundaries of musical genres associated with social spaces; classical can belong in a club and vice versa. After gaining experience at venues like 333 (Shoreditch) and 93 Feet East (Brick Lane), his idea to merge genres in unlikely settings came to the fore at Cargo (Shoreditch) in 2004. It is there where he began a monthly club-night entitled ‘Heritage’, a name inspired by his personal heritage not residing in the box of conservatoire idealism. Beat driven jazz and contemporary dance music came from the main room whilst Classical incarnations kicked off proceedings in other parts of the venue.  It was an opportunity for musicians to get away from standard venues and perform to an audience who related to, and encouraged the

performance of contemporary or classically based music. The Heritage ethos inspired an outpouring of refreshing new music, which culminated in the creation of the Heritage Orchestra, devised alongside musical partner Jules Buckley.

Aside from the increasing responsibility of the Heritage Orchestra, Chris works extensively as a sound-designer, performing electro-acoustic repertoire.

Chris lives in London aboard his and his girlfriend Hannah’s Dutch barge ‘Margriet’.