Chrissie studied music for seven years in London; first with a Government scholarship to the Purcell School, and then at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, leading various ensembles, including the Purcell Chamber Orchestra for the London Haydn Festival and the Buckingham Palace Investiture Orchestra. After graduating with a BMus at the Guildhall, 2002, Chrissie won a scholarship to the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, graduating with a MMus in 2003, with distinction in performance.

As first violinist of the Mavron Quartet, Chrissie has played for many members of the royal family, including HM the Queen, and for PM Gordon Brown, Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas. Venues include Windsor Castle, the Foreign Office and Winfield House, London. Recent performances abroad with the Mavron Quartet have taken Chrissie to Italy, Brussels and Romania.

Chrissie enjoys freelancing as a violinist and has worked with many major artists. In 2006 Chrissie performed with Kanye West at the Brit Awards at Earl’s Court and shows at the Hammersmith Apollo Theatre. This involved recordings at 3 Mills and Abbey Road Studios, London. Chrissie has played for Katherine Jenkins at Cardiff International Arena and the Royal Albert Hall and for Karl Jenkins with the National Chamber Orchestra of Wales at the National Eisteddfod 2006. Special performances include St. David’s Day 2005 for the First Minister of Wales and guests at the Foreign Office, London and St Valentine’s Day 2006 for the American Ambassador and guests, Winfield House, London. A busy summer of 2006 included invitations to various festivals, including the Presteigne Festival and leading the Music Fest Orchestra, Aberystwyth.

In 2007, Chrissie played for Welsh National Opera productions of Puccini’s Madam Butterfly, Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina, Verdi’s Il Trovador, Cardiff Singer of the World Competition for the BBC and James McMillan’s premier of The Sacrifice conducted by James McMillan. Invitations to lead orchestras included Philomusica for Tewkesbury Chorale Society and the National Chamber Orchestra of Wales. The end of 2007 saw Chrissie performing again with Kanye West for his Graduation tour.