Originally from Baltimore, MD. Christopher Armstrong is a young and passionate composer, inhabiting the worlds of both concert and film music. Christopher began his studies at The Juilliard School in the fall of 2021, where he studied under Professor Matthias Pintscher for three years, & Professor Valerie Coleman for two years. Prior to that, Christopher also studied with Dean Reiko Fueting of Manhattan School of Music for close to a year before entering into Juilliard. Growing up, Christopher was exposed to many different types of music from an early age. Through this, Christopher developed a love for classical music, jazz, film music, soul, salsa, hip hop, R&B, and the intersectionality between them. This led to his passion for composition. In the Spring of 2025 Christopher graduated with a Bachelor of Music in composition. He is currently in the second year of Juilliard’s accelerated Master’s program, and will graduate with his Master’s degree in the spring of 2026. Since beginning at Juilliard, Christopher has been commissioned by The Juilliard School, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Detroit Chamber Music, The Denyce Graves Foundation, Sugar Hill Salon Chamber Music and more. He has been hired to provide arrangements & orchestrations for DJ D-Nice & The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Raheem Devaughn, Chante Miller, & Lalah Hathaway. In addition Christopher’s film music has been heard at the Beverly Hills International Film Festival, Toronto Nollywood International Film Festival, New York Shorts International Film Festival & he was named a semi finalist in the "Cipriani Film Scoring Competition" of Italy.

Originally from Baltimore, MD. Christopher Armstrong is a young and passionate composer, inhabiting the worlds of both concert and film music. Christopher began his studies at The Juilliard School in the fall of 2021, where he studied under Professor Matthias Pintscher for three years, & Professor Valerie Coleman for two years. Prior to that, Christopher also studied with Dean Reiko Fueting of Manhattan School of Music for close to a year before entering into Juilliard. Growing up, Christopher was exposed to many different types of music from an early age. Through this, Christopher developed a love for classical music, jazz, film music, soul, salsa, hip hop, R&B, and the intersectionality between them. This led to his passion for composition. In the Spring of 2025 Christopher graduated with a Bachelor of Music in composition. He is currently in the second year of Juilliard’s accelerated Master’s program, and will graduate with his Master’s degree in the spring of 2026. Since beginning at Juilliard, Christopher has been commissioned by The Juilliard School, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Detroit Chamber Music, The Denyce Graves Foundation, Sugar Hill Salon Chamber Music and more. He has been hired to provide arrangements & orchestrations for DJ D-Nice & The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Raheem Devaughn, Chante Miller, & Lalah Hathaway. In addition Christopher’s film music has been heard at the Beverly Hills International Film Festival, Toronto Nollywood International Film Festival, New York Shorts International Film Festival & he was named a semi finalist in the "Cipriani Film Scoring Competition" of Italy.

Christopher started playing percussion at the age of four before stopping and starting piano lessons at age 9. Christopher grew up with a family that loved music. His Great Grandmother, Margaret Armstrong was a founder of the Baltimore School for the Arts, his grandfather Rod Armstrong, managed many R&B and Soul groups out of Baltimore in the 70s, his Great Uncle Carol Armstrong was a jazz trumpet player, and his uncle Sean Armstrong (professional known as Dj Face) is a professional DJ working with artists like Rapsody and more. Christopher was the first in his family since his great grandmother to study classical music. Christopher first fell in love with classical music through film music. Going to high school at Friends School of Baltimore, Christopher had the chance to study with teachers and mentors who helped to increase his knowledge in both the fields of motion picture and music and guide him into the larger field he was trying to enter. While at Friends School, Christopher’s primary instrument was piano, but took lessons for Trumpet, Alto Saxophone, and played contrabass in the school’s string orchestra. Christopher created his school's first "Fight Song" which was performed by Morgan State University Marching Band (who has performed for the NFL, World Series, Presidential Inauguration, and the Macy's Day Parade). He created his school's first ten piece student led band which has now been adopted into the school's curriculum as an elective, and was able to write a piece for the school's 40 piece String Orchestra entitled "Dreams of Paris."

In addition to studying with many mentors in high school, Christopher also studied with "Dean of Academic Core and Head of Composition" Reiko Fueting of Manhattan School of Music weekly for 8 months before entering into Juilliard. After deciding to attend Juilliard, Christopher began with a new teacher, Matthias Pintscher and studied with him for 3 years. Following that Christopher began studying with Valerie Coleman. In 2022, Christopher premiered "The Saudade Part 1: The Spirit Drowns", a multidisciplinary concert experience of music, color, dance, and theater. The piece was premiered by a 50 piece Orchestra in April of 2023, and included close to 60 performers in total. “The Saudade Part 2” premiered in April of 2024. Christopher currently is in talks with major organizations for upcoming commissions, and is planning to commercially release many of his works beginning 2026. To learn more, visit Christopher’s instagram @chrisarmstrongmusic.