Chris Shuttleworth is a low brass artist, composer, bandleader, and educator in the Portland and Chicago Areas

Originally from Eugene, Oregon, Chris Shuttleworth moved to Chicago to pursue a Jazz Studies degree at the prestigious DePaul University School of Music, where he studied under a number of staples of the Chicago music scene, including Dennis Carroll, Mark Fisher, and Charles Vernon. He has shared the stage with many diverse acts ranging from jazz heavyweights such as Wycliffe Gordon, Chuck Israels, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Randy Brecker, Ken Peplowski, Greg Ward, Matt Ulery, and Dana Hall, to pop acts including Beats Antique, Hellogoodbye, The Temptations, and The Four Tops. He has also toured extensively as a leader and a sideman, having performed in the majority of the United States as well as internationally as far as Shanghai.

A passionate educator, Chris has worked with students and ensembles at South Eugene High School, Grant High School, Willamette High School, DePaul University, Mt. Hood Community College , and the University of Oregon. He currently maintains a studio of private students and is the professor of trombone at Mt. Hood Community College.

Chris continues to perform as a leader around the United States as well as maintaining a schedule as an in-demand sideman in Chicago and Portland.