“Teacher Chris” started taking lessons when he was all of 4 years old. By age 11 he started teaching piano in his neighborhood which was the start to his unique piano curriculum. All through college at the University of Louisville, he taught privately and group classes in Kentucky and Indiana included starting a composition class for the prestigious Governors School for the arts. When he moved to Los Angeles in 2006 he quickly rose from private instructor to the music director for the School of Dance and Music where he supervised and taught for 11 years.
He has been a featured performer all over the world in such places as London, NYC, Chicago, Miami, Costa Rica, Mexico, Hawaii, San Francisco and throughout the Los Angeles area.

Over the past decade he has recorded with such artists as Dua Lipa, King Princess and the Blessed Madonna as well as having his performances featured in Fendi runway shows and the video games GTA5 and Forza.
For 17 years now he has taught in the beach areas, working as a private instructor and music educator for hundreds of accomplished pianists and composers. He continues to this day inspiring young artists to perform and compose on the piano.