Dr. Christopher Brellochs is a saxophonist, conductor, music historian, speaker, and educator. He portrayed composer/conductor John Knowles Paine in the HBO series The Gilded Age (Season 1, Episode 4) and assisted with the historical accuracy of the scene; for Season 3, he consulted with the production team on appropriate musical selections. He is a frequent speaker, performer, and conductor for the Preservation Society of Newport County at mansions like Rosecliff and the Breakers.
As both a classical and jazz saxophonist, he has performed nationally, including Carnegie Hall and Birdland, and internationally in Paris and Strasbourg, France; and Zagreb, Croatia. In 2011, Brellochs recorded the world premiere of Aaron Copland’s complete incidental music for Quiet City; he worked from the unpublished manuscript to bring this adaptation to life, which The Copland Estate and Boosey & Hawkes have embraced and published. The recording received radio play on National Public Radio: Weekend Edition and Performance Today and print reviews in Gramophone (Awards 2011) and Der Spiegel magazines. His YouTube channel, “Dr. B Music Theory,” has video tutorials on music theory, along with excerpts from his Music of the Gilded Age documentaries.
Dr. Brellochs is Dean of the School of Music at SUNY Schenectady and holds music degrees from Rutgers University, New York University, and Ithaca College.