About Christian McNeal

Christian comes from a background of gospel, classical, jazz music. Christian began playing piano at age 6. It was at that same age that he started playing the piano for his local church, as well as drums. At age 11, he also began playing alto saxophone. In high school Christian joined the wind ensemble and jazz band looking to expand his musical knowledge and repertoire as well as skill. After graduating, he attended the University of Montevallo where he had a focus of study on Piano and Choral music. In 2009, Christian began teaching piano lessons while studying to obtain his degree. Christian graduated from the University of Montevallo with a BA in Music. Shortly After he became a piano instructor for a music school which he would teach at for the next 4 years. In 2019, Christian became the Piano Instructor and Accompanist for the Thompson High School Wind Ensemble and Jazz band. In 2020 Christian was named a semifinalist for the 2020 International Songwriting Competition making the top 9% of performers, which is judged by some of the world’s most popular artists today.