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"Because I live in Hong Kong, my daughter lives in Amsterdam
and the wedding was in Victoria - where we had never lived,
we had a number of challenges... We are receiving rave reviews
about our daughter's wedding and without exception the music is
mentioned as exceptional. I'm sure that most of our guests could
easily have enjoyed DANCIN' for many more hours!"
Hong Kong
"Thank you for the fabulous job the Chris Millington Big Band
did at our wedding reception... everyone had a great time dancing and
I got so many compliments on the band. I can't remember the last time I
was at a reception and the dance floor was still packed when the band quit...
no one wanted you to stop! Thanks so much for making our evening special."
Minneapolis, MN
"Chris was simply the Best Musical Director ever at our industry's
Disney sponsored awards night..."
Event Producer, Show Canada Awards Motion Picture Theatres Association of Canada
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A career musician, Chris is leader of The Chris Millington
Big Band, the Light Jazz Quartet, the pop/rock group DANCIN' and
several other successful ensembles.
Chris Millington graduated from the University of Ottawa, with a
bachelor of music (cum laude) in performance. He then entered
Boston's prestigious Berklee College of Music. There Chris studied
under the auspices of world renowned instrumentalist Joe Viola. At
age 22, Chris won an audition for the principal saxophone position in
the Central Band of the Canadian Armed Forces, Canada's premier
military band. Chris performed for ten years in the Canadian
governments' top diplomatic musical ensemble. In 1988, Chris Millington
was promoted and posted to Victoria,
British Columbia where he assumed the position of Director of the
navy's jazz ensemble, The Tradewinds Jazz Orchestra.
Throughout Chris's career he has toured with and led various musical ensembles across North America, Europe, Cyprus, the Pacific Rim and Russia. He has performed for the CBC, CTV and Global television networks, numerous radio jingles, theatre shows, and jazz festivals across Canada. After performing on numerous albums and CDs, Chris produced his premier release "day waves", followed by "Boppin at the Bengal Lounge" and his latest "The Christmas Album".
Over the past 20 years, Chris Millington has performed for numerous dignitaries including Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Ministers Jean Chretien, Margaret Thatcher, and presidents Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin. He has performed with artists Sonny Stitt, Maureen Forester, The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Juliette, David Foster, Tommy Banks, Louise Rose, Joe Turner, The Temptations, Hugh Fraser and Ian McDougall. He has also opened for Roy Hargrove and Ronnie Earl. Chris was also invited to perform with Grammy Award nominee Bill Ramsay and Pete Christlieb, of Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show Band fame. Chris was recently commissioned by Petro-Canada to produce a video and write original theme music for their MarketWest Conference.
Chris's CD titled "Boppin at the Bengal Lounge" features seven new original compositions and live performances recorded in the world famous Bengal Lounge of The Fairmont Empress, Victoria, British Columbia. |
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