About Christian:

Christian X. M. McGhee, 28, is an American composer (Commercials, Film/TV ), multi-instrumentalist, hailing from St. Louis, Missouri, now residing in New York City. Christian received a full tuition scholarship to the prestigious Manhattan School of Music, where he received his Bachelor's degree and Master's degree. His proficiency on a range of instruments, including drums, piano, and keyboards, as well as his expertise in classical and hand percussion, make him a truly versatile and skilled musician.

In April 2023, Christian was awarded BMI's Future Jazz Master Award & Ahrold Family commission at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) annual celebration of the Jazz Masters Fellows in Washington D.C. He presented the World Premiere of his Commission/Debut Album A Winged Resilience with his 20 piece orchestra to two sold-out audience's at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club on May 20, 2024. A Winged Resilience also received support from YoungArts. He premiered A Winged Resilience Part II to two sold-out audiences at Jazz St. Louis on July 12th & 13th, 2024. The shows were sponsored by World Wide Technology & The Steward Family Foundation. Christian was also a 2017 Steward Family Foundation Scholar.

Christian scored Delta’s Ad entitled “Home” featuring Viola Davis for the voice over. This was created in collaboration between the CDDP program and Wieden + Kennedy. It received a 2024 Tribeca X Award Official Selection.

Recently Christian and his business partner Sam Towse founded Uth Music, a minority-owned music and sound collective serving the commercial and digital media industries. Members of their team have worked with Jon Batiste, Jonas Brothers, Cynthia Erivo, Teddy Swims, Joint Editorial, Station Film, Cash App, MiHoyo, The Publicis Group, Netflix & the NBA.

He has had the opportunity to work with a number of world-renowned groups and artists such as Cynthia Erivo, Alvin Ailey Dance Company, Raehaan Bryce Davis, The 2017 Grammy Band, Barry Harris, Stefon Harris, J'Nai Bridges, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Joshua Redman, Joe Lovano, Aaron Goldberg, Linda May Han Oh, Jon Faddis, David Wong, Gerald Cannon, Jahari Stampley, Sasha Berliner, Joe Block, Victory Boyd, Infinity Song, Keyon Harrold, Ray Chew, Gideon King and City Blog.

Music has taken Christian worldwide - he’s toured in China, Canada, Bermuda & across the United States