Ray Christensen Music & Sound

Ray Christensen has been performing, teaching and composing music in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 30 years. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from California State University, East Bay.

• Created ambient sounds and sound effects for “Crashed UFO” Haunted House (Google employee Halloween party)

• Created and produced sound effects and music for internal web communications program for Hewlett Packard

• Composed, directed and conducted chamber opera setting of Robert Frost’s “Death of the Hired Man” (Goat Hall Productions; San Francisco, CA)

• Composed music, wrote book and lyrics; organized and directed readings for original musical “Legend of the Werewolf” (new musical in development)

• Composed original music for dance sequences for Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” (Butterfield 8 Theatre Co.)

• Set original music to song texts for “Wind In The Willows” (Orinda Starlight Village Players)

• Composed,  produced and performed original music for Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors” (Orinda Starlight Village Players)

• Produced pre-recorded orchestrations for “Jesus Christ Superstar” (Bay Area Stage)

• Composed and produced original underscoring music for stage production of “The Canterville Ghost” (Bay Area Stage)

• Transcribed and arranged additional orchestrations for productions of “Cabaret” and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” (Cal State East Bay)

• Arranged additional orchestrations for production of “I Love A Piano” (Douglas Morrisson Theatre; Hayward CA)

• Produced accompaniment MP3s for rehearsals of Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Ruddigore” (Role Player’s Ensemble)

• Arranger, singer and keyboardist for rock & roll band Grim Truth