Cris Inguanti joined the woodwind faculty at Northern Arizona University in the fall of 2014 after serving as the assistant principal and bass clarinetist of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra for seventeen seasons. He has also been a member of the Pacific Northwest Ballet and Houston Ballet Orchestras, the New York City Opera National Company Orchestra, and the New Philharmonia of Portugal, and has appeared as a soloist with orchestras and in recital in Europe and North America. In addition, he has performed in a wide variety of chamber series, including guest appearances with the Hancock Chamber Players, the Pro Nova Ensemble, and the Blue River, Forster, and DiNovo Quartets.

As a member of the Manhattan Wind Quintet, Mr. Inguanti has won numerous prizes in chamber music competitions, has commissioned a number of new works for this genre, and has appeared in prominent concert series in the United States. He made his Carnegie Recital Hall debut with the ensemble in 1987. He has recorded the Mozart ‘Sinfonia Concertante for Winds’ with the New Philharmonia of Portugal, a CD of premieres for woodwind quintet with the Manhattan Wind Quintet, two solo CD’s (one of which – VOX TERRA – was nominated for best CD in the Western Canada Music Awards), and is heard on many CBC recordings with members of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. In 2008, the Vancouver Symphony with James Ehnes as violin soloist received the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra, a recording on which Mr. Inguanti is heard as principal clarinetist.

Prior to his new post at NAU he taught at the University of British Columbia, where he was a member of Nu:BC, the School of Music’s new music ensemble, and also taught at the Vancouver Academy of Music.