Chris Glik
Performance
Glik performs as a single (keyboards/piano and vocals) as well as with his own group - Chris Glik Band all over Southern California. In addition, Glik works with many vocalists as accompanist and musical director.
Chris Glik has performed and/or recorded with many musical acts such as the Okaysions, Platters, Inkspots, Coasters, Brook Benton, Frank Gorshin, Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Glenn Miller Orchestra, and many more.
Compositions/Arrangements
Glik has arranged/composed music for Leonard Reed, Henry Nemo, Chester Whitmore, Lula Washington Dance Group, Helen Reddy, Chris Calloway, Nicholas Brothers, Warner Brothers, Columbia Talent Management, Paul Kennedy Dance Studio, Viewpoint School, and many others.
Television/Film
"Close To Home" - CBS
"20 Great Years" - NBC
"Desperate Housewives"
Musical Theater
Glik has also perfomed in and/and or arranged music for many musical theater productions - As You Like It, West Side Story, Pippin, Into The Woods, Barry Moses' Bar Mitzvah, You're A Good Man Charlie Brown, Lady Day At Emerson's Bar And Grill, and more.
In addition, Glik has been Musical Director for various productions by Lehman Engel Music Theater Group, Mulholland Tennis Club, and more.
Glik has a diploma from Peabody Institute of Music (1967) and studied with the late Louis Shub (piano), Gunther Schuller, the late Louis Cheslock, and others. Glik also lists Henry Nemo and Leonard Reed as mentors.