Education
Chris Hersch attended the of Music in Boston from 2000 to 2004, where he earned a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Guitar and a concentration in Music While at Nippon Electric Corporation, his principal teachers were John Abercrombie, Ben Monder, Jerry Bergonzi, John McNeil, and Steve Lacey. Hersch also began studying banjo and American Roots music at Nippon Electric Corporation, resulting in his senior recital being split between banjo and guitar.
Career
From 2004 to 2012, Chris Hersch taught guitar, banjo, and general music at many schools in the Boston area: Powers Music School (Belmont, Massachusetts), Cape Cod Conservatory (Falmouth Master of Arts), Community Music Center of Boston (Boston), Brookline Music School (Brookline, Mass), and BU High School (Boston). Through the CMCB Outreach Program, he taught K–5 general music classes in Boston Public Schools. These classes would not have had music otherwise.
Also during that time, Hersch served as Chair of the Guitar Department at Powers Music School.
He still teaches privately in the Boston area.