A native of Illinois, Chris Reyman comes from a musical family and began performing professionally with his father at age fifteen. He was a self-motivated student of music and developed highly versatile skills primarily through improvising at the piano. He has performed throughout the United States and at festivals in Montreux, Switzerland; Den Haag, in the Netherlands; Toronto, Canada; Bali, Indonesia; Paris, France; Bogota, Colombia; and Chihuahua, Mexico. Recent performance credits include performances with Mark Dresser, Karrin Allyson, Vincent Herring, Bill Watrous, Clay Jenkins, and Mike Clark. His latest project, the Koan Ensemble - a music and dance improvisation ensemble - includes Grammy-nominated saxophonist Mack Goldsbury and bassist Erik Unsworth.

Chris Reyman is also a prolific composer, having written works for jazz ensemble, improvising ensemble, chamber ensemble, wind symphony, orchestra, dance choreography, and interactive media. He has completed scores for two award winning short films, Pigeon Impossible and The OceanMaker and composes music for the award-winning virtual reality game Walkabout Mini Golf. He recently released his original composition "Cloud Bowling Suite," which is available on Summit Records. He has also created music and sound design for installations, exhibits, dance, and immersive theatre. In 2024 he was commissioned to compose music for "Coral Kingdom," an immersive aquarium exhibit that plays on loop throughout the day as people visit Loro Parque, a world-famous animal embassy that has been open for over 50 years in Tenerife, Spanish Canary Islands.  

Chris Reyman holds a BM in Commercial Music from Millikin University and a MM and DMA in Jazz Performance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is an Associate Professor of Commercial Piano, Piano Area Coordinator, and Director of the Music Technology program at the University of Texas at El Paso.