Born in Fife, Christopher is in his third undergraduate year studying singing with Stephen Robertson at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD). His previous teacher was his mother - Rosemary Nairne - and Christopher is the youngest of three singing brothers all at different stages of their musical careers.

Whilst in Fife, Christopher was a member of the Adam Smith Theatre Choir bel canto Voices for six years and was frequently a soloist. He also appeared in no fewer than thirteen operas in eight years with Fife Opera starting in the Children's Chorus in Bizet's Carmen before graduating to the full chorus and gaining small roles until his final performance as Herr Shlick in Noel Coward's Bitter Sweet.

Recent engagements include: Mozart's Don Giovanni with the RSAMD (The New Athenaeum Theatre, Glasgow), a collaboration with Ivan Volkov and the RSAMD Chorus in Ravel's Daphne et Chloe (Glasgow City Halls). At the RSAMD Christopher was runner-up in the Jean Highgate Competition.

Christopher was a member of the National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCoS) from 2003 until 2007. Performances for NYCoS included: the MTV Europe Music Awards 2003 (Edinburgh Keys), a tour to Chicago and performances with The Grant Park Chorus for Walton's Belshazaar's Feast and Britten's War Requiem, the BBC Scottish Proms in the Park (Glasgow), the BBC Proms 2006 'Voice' performance with The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (The Royal Albert Hall, London) and the NYCoS Tenth Anniversary Gala Concert (Usher Hall, Edinburgh).