Chris Marchant

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Chris Marchant
Born (1983-12-23) December 23, 1983 (age 39)
Canton, Ohio
Occupation(s)Violinist / Singer
Co-Creator and Member of Well-Strung

Christopher Marchant is the co-creator and founding member of the all-male singing string quartet Well-Strung. [1] He was also a contestant on the 30th Season of The Amazing Race along with his Well-Strung bandmate Trevor Wadleigh. [2]

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Background

Marchant was born and raised in Canton, Ohio. [3] He began singing and playing the violin at the age of nine and graduated from Malone College with a degree in music ministry. [4] [3]

He moved to New York City in 2010 to pursue a career in musical theater. [4] He has performed in national touring musicals including "Sweeney Todd" and "Spring Awakening" and was a performer in the long-running off-Broadway musical production Naked Boys Singing! during the revue's 2010 summer residence in Provincetown, Massachusetts. [3]

Well-Strung

Marchant is the co-creator and founding member of Well-Strung, an all-male singing string quartet. [1] All four members are openly gay. [5] They include Marchant (second violin), Edmund Bagnell (first violin), Trevor Wadleigh (viola), and Daniel Shevlin (cello). [6]

The Amazing Race

Marchant was a participant on the 30th Season of The Amazing Race , which premiered on January 3, 2018, on CBS. [2]

Marchant’s partner was fellow Well-Strung bandmate Trevor Wadleigh. [2] [7] Together, they formed “#TeamWellStrung” on the show. [2] [7]

The pair was eliminated on the sixth leg of the race. [8] They placed fourth in each of the first three legs of the race, followed by fifth in Leg 4, seventh (second-to-last) in Leg 5, before being eliminated in the sixth leg. The team was eliminated as a result of a “U-Turn” obstacle imposed on them by a competing team. [8]

The pair was the fifth team to be eliminated, placing them seventh overall out of 11 teams in the competition.

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