Ms. Christman was born and educated in Los Angeles and was immersed from an early age in the realms of classical music and ballet. She was raised in a musical home with her mother having been an opera singer.  The music of the Romantic and Impressionist eras has influenced her melodic compositional style. Her compositions embody those musical aesthetics while directing the listener toward a future where concert music continues to be relevant, meaningful and inspirational.​​

 

Her debut album Where Dreams Become Sunlight was released in 2001.  It features a selection of her works for solo piano and was recorded by Ayke Agus, former accompanist for Jascha Heifetz.  Several of her chamber and orchestral works have been performed and recorded in the United States, United Kingdom, Hungary and Romania.  In 2009, Meadow Suite for orchestra was premiered in Los Angeles by the New Valley Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Armen Garabedian.  Wedding Suite for string quartet was recorded in 2017 and has been performed several times in Los Angeles in 2017 and 2018.  In 2024 the London Symphony Orchestra recorded several of her orchestral works at LSO St. Luke’s under the direction of Maestro Robert Ziegler.