Christopher Cabrera is an accomplished musician and music educator currently serving as the Associate Principal Timpanist and Section Percussionist with the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra, and as a Community Outreach Instructor with Hawai‘i Youth Symphony. Christopher has served as percussion faculty at Pacific Music Institute since 2019 and maintains an active private teaching studio.

Beyond his teaching and performing roles, Christopher is an active member of the Board of Directors for Musicians’ Association of Hawai‘i, Local 677 American Federation of Musicians, and serves as chair of the symphony’s Orchestra Committee.

Christopher received his Master of Music from Cleveland Institute of Music and his Bachelor of Music from Oberlin Conservatory. Upon graduation from CIM, Christopher received the Bruce Collie Award for Percussion Excellence.