CHRISTOPHER ESTHER

BIOGRAPHY

Christopher Esther is a composer, musician, and audio engineer from North Carolina specializing in piano and orchestral composition. He has written music for a wide variety of productions and ensembles including documentaries, podcasts, live theater, over a dozen award-winning short films, plus three studio albums. Most notably, he composed and arranged the orchestral version of Olivia Rodrigo's "Drivers License" used in the 2021 Google Year in Search video, which has been viewed over 240 million times since its release.

Coming up next, he is slated to score the horror short film In the Weeds from producer/director Tyson Edwards shooting in Hollywood, CA in summer 2025. 

He has pursued audio-visual engineering and design since high school and has worked with several popular artists and groups, including GMA Dove award-winner Andrew Peterson, The Gray Havens, The National Lutheran Choir, the North Carolina Symphony, and the American Dance Festival. Additionally, he frequently serves as a guest lecturer, leads workshops, and works as a technical consultant for a handful of academic performing arts programs in North Carolina.

His musical training includes the study of piano performance, composition, percussion performance, classical voice, and music production for a cumulative 19 years, which includes coursework at the Berklee College of Music and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unrelated to music, he also holds a bachelor's degree in biology and works as a research specialist and software developer focused on nanoscale biofluidic systems.