Chris wuxuu bilaabay hiigsiga Broadway markuu siddeed jir ahaa. Riyadaas marar badan ayay rumowday tan iyo markii uu ka tagay Dugsiga Sare ee Minnetonka. Waxa uu mar kale ka furaa Broadway isaga oo ah agaasimaha muusiga ee qoyska Addams ee uu jilayo Nathan Lane, dhawr toddobaad gudahood.
Chris wuxuu bilaabay barashada piano isagoo saddex sano jir ah. Wuxuu wax ku bartay gudaha ilaa fasalka toddobaad, markii uu galay Dugsiga Muusiga ee MacPhail ee Minneapolis si uu casharro ugu qaato intii uu dugsiga sare ku jiray. Paula Crist, pianist iyo weheliyaha Dugsiga Sare ee Minnetonka, ayaa la talisay isaga markii uu u ciyaarayay wax soo saarka dugsiga sare. "Wuxuu ka faa'iidaystay dhammaan wixii ay Dugsiyada Dadweynaha Minnetonka ku lahaayeen," ayay tiri hooyadiis, Mary Fenwick. "Macalimiintiisu way ka baxeen jidkooda, iyagoo dhiirigelinaya oo ka caawinaya Chris inuu fuliyo riyadiisa," ayay raacisay.
Waxa lagu tababbaray muusiga qadiimiga ah, Chris waxa kale oo uu bartay jazz biyaano oo uu ka soo shaqeeyay naadiga Minneapolis ciyaarista jazz ilaa dugsiga sare. Chris waxa uu ka soo qayb galay Kulliyada Cincinnati-Conservatory of Music ee Ohio, isaga oo ku qaatay shahaadada Bachelor ee waxqabadka piano. Ka dib waxa uu u wareegay Magaalada New York, isagoo yimid Sebtembar 8, 2001, saddex maalmood ka hor musiibadii 9/11.
Maareeye muusig ahaan, Chris wuxuu dhawaan agaasimay bandhigga adduunka ee Michael John LaChiusa's Giant, wax soo saarka Broadway ee Grease (kaas oo loo magacaabay Abaalmarinta Tony Award ee 2008 ee Soo noolaynta ugu Fiican ee Muusiga) iyo Les Liaisons Dangeureuses (kaas oo loo magacaabay 2008 Abaalmarinta Tony ee Soo noolaynta ugu Fiican ee Ciyaarta). Dhibcaha kale ee Broadway waxaa ka mid ah Ciyaarta Pajama (Guulaystaha Tony Award 2006, Soo noolaynta ugu Fiican ee Muusiga), Chicago, Wonderful Town, The Apple Tree, iyo Elaine Stritch at Liberty. Off-Broadway, wuxuu qabtay Hooyada Geesinimada, oo ay jileyso Meryl Streep, oo arag waxa aan rabo inaan arko, labadaba Masraxa Dadweynaha. Dhibcaha kale ee ka baxsan Broadway waxaa ka mid ah Farxadda Xarunta Lincoln, ROAD SHOW ee Dadweynaha, iyo Here Lies Jenny, oo uu jilay Bebe Neuwirth. Isaga oo ah agaasimaha muusiga ee Patti LuPone, waxa uu ka sameeyay Carnegie Hall, Ravinia Festival iyo meelo badan oo kale oo dalka oo dhan ah. Shaqadiisa sidoo kale waxaa lagu arki karaa filimka dokumentiga ah, Theatre of War.
Dhibcaha riwaayadaha waxaa ka mid ah Michael Feinstein's Hadda iyo Ka dibna taxanaha Zankel Hall, Rob Fisher iyo Sheldon Harnick dabaaldega Ira Gershwin ee Lyrics iyo Lyricists, Wall To Wall Sondheim ee Symphony Space, iyo muuqaallada Elaine Stritch, Jennifer Holliday, Debbie Harry, Annie Golden, Michael Cerveris iyo qaar kaloo badan. Wuxuu sii daayay afar albums 2006dii.