Chriss has performed throughout North America and Europe. Recent and upcoming performances include the International Organ Summer (Stuttgart, Germany), Stockholm City Hall (Sweden), and Marion Anderson Hall at the Kimmel Center (Philadelphia), and as soloist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in Copland’s Symphony for Organ and Orchestra. Other engagements include the Princeton University Chapel, Longwood Gardens (PA), Spreckels Organ Pavilion (San Diego), and the International Organ Summer (Karlsruhe, Germany). In July 2022, he was a featured performer at the national convention of the American Guild of Organists, held in Seattle.

In July 2019, Chriss was appointed University Organist and Artist-in-Residence at Wesleyan University, where he teaches courses in organ and keyboard skills. In October 2019, he was awarded his Doctor of Music degree from McGill University, where he studied with Hans-Ola Ericsson. He previously studied at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he received his Master’s degree in historical keyboard and a Bachelor’s degree in organ performance, studying with Olivier Latry, Marie-Louise Langlais, and James David Christie.

Chriss is active as a church musician and guest lecturer. He also remains engaged with his lifelong love of gospel and jazz music. He is currently Assistant Organist at Trinity Church Wall Street (New York) and serves on the editorial board of Vox Humana magazine.