Christian Campos began his musical training at the age of seven as a member of the internationally renowned Paulist Boy Choristers of California. Serving as head chorister for two years, he was featured as a soloist and chorus member with the American Youth Symphony and Los Angeles Philharmonic under the batons of Esa-Pekka Salonen and Zubin Mehta; he also made television appearances on NBC (Tonight Show), CNN News, and Nickelodeon (The Adventures of Alex Mack). A graduate of the DePauw School of Music (B.M.A.) and Thornton School of Music (M.M.), Campos founded the Schola Cantorum of DePauw and served as its artistic and musical director for four years. Under Campos' watch, the group performed over two-hundred works ranging from Mozart's Requiem (Maunder Edition) to Kenneth Leighton's "lully, lulla, thou little tiny child" to Ralph Vaughan-Williams' Fantasia on Christmas Carols. His concerts benefited charities like the American Cancer Society and the Special Olympics.
A champion of world music, Christian received a grant from the ASIANetwork to study Indian Carnatic Music in a group led by scholar Dr. Cleveland Johnson. The six-week project produced a comprehensive database of ragas, composers, and compositions.
A frequent guest conductor of professional and amateur ensembles alike, Mr. Campos appeared with the Palo Alto Choirs on their 2004 tour of Europe, making stops at Sacre-Coeur and L'Eglise Madeleine in Paris. He has conducted members of the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra in performances of Handel's Messiah, along with members of the Indianapolis Symphony and Chamber Orchestra on four different occasions in concerts featuring instrumental music by Beethoven, Handel, and Mozart. In the fall of 2007, Campos was Lecturer in Music at Pomona College—one of the nations top liberal arts schools; in 2008, he will teach conducting at the University of Southern California.
Christian is a first year Doctor of Musical Arts candidate at the Thornton School of Music (University of Southern California). He is currently a student of William Dehning, Magen Solomon, Lucinda Carver, and Larry Livingston.