chris rinaman

I recently wrote a new composition the Long Island Tuba Quartet, thanks to my friend the tubist Jeff Furman.  The piece is entitled “Lanterne Rouge” and will be premiered on July 17th at 7:30pm at the North Babylon Library.  

Jeff…

Here's some highlights from our show in May 2024-- I've been arranging new music every month, and conducting the band.  We have shows the rest of the year-- hope to see you at one of them!

Here's a clip of an arrangement of New York NY, that I did for Zack Alexander to use for bows for his shows. 

The Swingtime Big Band performed at the Astoria Fireworks Celebration on Thursday June 29th in Astoria Park.  Here's a video of the great Zach Alexander performing my arrangement of I've Gotta Be Me-- this chart is based on a great…

I'm excited to have a work of mine featured on this great concert of movie and video game music.  It's a treat to be on the same program as several of my composer heroes and former employers!  I did an…

Over the past year, I've been working on a really exciting project with Tom Manuel at the Jazz Loft and the concerts are happening this weekend.  We will be performing Oliver Nelson's tribute suite to John F Kennedy, The Kennedy…

As a part of AFM Local 802, the Musicians Union, support of the New York City Hospitals, I will be doing a live-streaming concert on Thursday December 16th from 12 noon - 1pm that will be available for viewing on…

I'm honored to be playing a concert with Carol Sudhalter and an amazing band on Wednesday October 6th, 7pm, at Flushing Town Hall.  This concert will be streamed live on YouTube at this link:

https://youtu.be/AU2XLC1dw7E

If you can't make it…

Thanks to my friends at ASCAP-- My new single, Play It Momma was included on ASCAP's New Music Friday Spotify Playlist for the week of September 10, 2021

Check out the great selection of new music that's been released, and…

I released my version of Mary Lou Williams tune "Play It Momma" on all the streaming sites-- check it out and add it to your playlists!