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Chris Jaudes is currently playing lead trumpet in the Broadway revival of HAIR in New York City. Chris Jaudes was recently cited in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times for his outstanding trumpet solos in the Broadway hit production of Gypsy starring Bernadette Peters.

A much sought after lead trumpet player, Chris Jaudes other Broadway shows include LoveMusik, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Flower Drum Song with Lea Salonga, Gypsy and Annie Get Your Gun with Bernadette Peters and Reba McEntire, Ragtime with Brian Stokes Mitchell, On The Town, Sunset Blvd. with Glenn Close, Steel Pier, CATS and Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby. Chris Jaudes has toured with Evita, Peter Pan, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ron Kenoly and South Africa Rejoice.

Chris Jaudes can be heard on the Grammy award winning albums of Annie Get Your Gun and Gypsy as well as cast albums of Flower Drum Song, Ragtime, Sunset Blvd., and Steel Pier. Chris Jaudes also has a solo recording with The New York Staff Band.

Chris Jaudes has been a featured soloist throughout the United States and around the world. His versatile playing abilities have given him opportunities to perform with The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Oklahoma City Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Carolina Pops Orchestra, as well as with a number of ensembles in the New York area including lead trumpet with the Birdland Big Band.

Chris Jaudes serves on the faculty at the Juilliard School in the Jazz Studies program.