Chris Brunelle is a musician and educator with 25 years of experience across many styles and disciplines. Starting as a jazz saxophonist, Chris studied with Greg Abate and pursued a degree in Music education at the University of Rhode Island. His skills as a horn player and vocalist were in high demand and in 2001 he became a member of Boston-based Ska and Reggae outfit Westbound Train, touring nationally in support of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Flogging Molly, Hepcat and many others. But Chris grew up worshipping Rock legends like The Police, The Doors, Aerosmith, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, The Beatles and The Beach Boys. Self-taught on guitar, piano and vocals, Chris began writing songs and shifted focus from jazz and reggae to rock and pop music, forming his own group, The Sterns, in Boston in 2003. With The Sterns, Chris released 3 full length albums of his own compositions, toured nationally in support of acts such as Meat Puppets, The English Beat, Shadows of Night and The Romantics, was nominated for 2 Boston Music Awards and had a song featured on the best-selling 2008 video game Rock Band II. A Rhode Island native, Chris earned a B.A. in English from the University of Rhode Island in 2014 and plans to pursue a Masters in Education. Meanwhile, he remains active in the Providence and Boston music communities, freelancing as a vocalist, guitarist and saxophonist, fronting a local cover band, and continuing to write, record and perform with his rock band, The Deadly Desert. From 2016 to 2023, Chris taught at School of Rock Attleboro where he served for over 5 years as music director. In addition to teaching lessons on guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, vocals and saxophone, Chris was responsible for developing and implementing the ensemble program and directed 10 ensembles every year in a variety of rock and pop themes. Chris also served as music director for School of Rock North Providence, and during his time as music director in Attleboro, enrollment tripled as the school grew to over 300 students.