Chris Sampson

Educator, Songwriter, Performer, Producer, Arts Administrator and Author

Chris Sampson has enjoyed a diverse career in music as an educator, songwriter, performer, producer, arts administrator and author. In 2009, Sampson founded the Popular Music program at the USC Thornton School of Music, which is considered to be the first of its kind at a major university in the US.

As a professor of songwriting, Sampson’s students have penned #1 hit songs, won Grammy awards, won national songwriting competitions, signed major recording and publishing contracts, toured nationally and internationally and have placed numerous songs in television and film. He serves as the songwriting instructor for the Grammy Foundation education programs and the National YoungArts Foundation and is a lifetime voting member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.