Bass-baritone Christopher Grundy is a frequent soloist in opera, oratorio, and recital. He received DM and MM degrees in Vocal Performance from Indiana University, studying with the celebrated German baritone Wolfgang Brendel. He completed his BA at Yale University, where he was the assistant conductor of the Yale Glee Club and the Yale Russian Chorus. As a recording artist Christopher can be heard on the BIS Records, Naxos Records, and Parma Records labels. He is currently engaged to record an album of songs by Neely Bruce for Neuma Records.

This season Christopher performs solo recitals at the Dingle Summer Music Festival in Ireland, and at Iceland's renowned Harpa Hall in Reykjavík; Mozart's Requiem with the Stamford Chorale; Schubert's Winterreise at Wesleyan University; Handel’s Belshazzar with the Falmouth Chorale; Messiah with Connecticut Choral Society; Mozart's Coronation Mass with the Fairfield County Chorale; and as a guest soloist with the Union College Orchestra.

Previously he has performed as a soloist with the Peninsula Music Festival, Orchestra New England, New Haven Oratorio Choir, Charis Chamber Voices, Cappella Cantorum, Amor Artis, the Taconic Chorale, Danbury Concert Chorus, Bronx Opera, and Connecticut Lyric Opera, among others. Recently he performed Beethoven’s Mass in C with the Greenwich Choral Society, Duruflé's Requiem with the Fairfield County Chorale, Fauré's Requiem with the Mendelssohn Choir of Connecticu, and Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore with Con Brio Choral Society. He made his Carnegie Hall conducting debut with renowned violinist Alexander Markov on the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage.

Christopher is Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Programs at Sacred Heart University's School of Performing Arts and Director of Music at the Unitarian Society of New Haven. He is also a commercially licensed helicopter pilot and flight instructor.