Christian X. M. McGhee, 25, is a multi-instrumentalist (pianist/drummer) and composer, 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 Bachelors and Masters degrees. Christian is the winner of BMI’s 2023 Future Jazz Master Award.

He’s performed with artists such as 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, Sasha Berliner, Joe Block, Victory Boyd, Keyon Harrold, Ray Chew, Gideon King and City Blog. Some of the Venue’s he has performed at is Carnegie Hall, NPR's Tiny Desk (Home), Blue Note, SFJazz, Dizzy’s Club, and Birdland jazz club. He’s also performed at the Vail, Newport, Montreal, Monterey, Toronto, Rochester, Washington D.C., SF Jazz and Exit Zero Jazz Festivals.

As a film composer and in the sound mixing world he’s worked with brands Delta, Adobe, Budweiser, PBS. For PBS he is currently scoring the feature film documentary “24:1/Around the Corner”. He is also collaborating with filmmakers and scoring their short and indie feature films!

Christian studied composition at Manhattan School of Music with Jim McNeely and Darcy James Argue and studied conducting with Damien Sneed! He studied drums with Kendrick Scott and John Riley!