Christopher Nicholas is the co-founder and executive director of the Hip Hop Orchestra Experience (HHOE) based in Oakland, CA. In addition to administrative work, he has overseen all of HHOE’s marketing campaigns resulting in features on BBC, Wall Street Journal, PBS, NPR, Fox News, and more. Christopher also helped secure partnerships with organizations such as Global People Summit at the UN General Assembly, ESPN for their SuperBowl 50 coverage, National Geographic for their live orchestral presentation, “Symphony for Our World '' which premiered at Davies Symphony Hall, SF, CA.  

In 2023, Nicholas was the executive producer of Method Sampling: How to Build the Future Together. The documentary went on winning the Best Music Documentary at DTLA Film Festival, securing a distribution deal with Cinema Libre Studio. Method Sampling is being acquired by Voice of America, the largest and oldest of the U.S. international broadcasters with a weekly worldwide audience of approximately 326 million. Following the release of Method Sampling documentary, Chris is leading a tv film project for All Arts, PBS’ digital platform for performing arts, as the executive producer and producer. The filming is tentatively scheduled for Nov., 2024 in NYC. 

Christopher is a professor at Diablo Valley College and Santa Rosa Jr. College, teaching History of Hip-Hop Music & Culture as well as History of Jazz.