CJ Barrow

Music Composer & Front Ensemble Arranger

CJ Barrow is a composer, musician, and educator, currently serving as a music designer for Synced Up Designs and Fannin Musical Productions. In high demand as a marching arts music designer, he regularly works with around 50 clients each year, including Music City Mystique, Music City Drum Corps, and the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps. Outside of the marching arts, CJ is an active composer for film, TV, and video games. He earned his MM in Music Scoring for Visual Media at Indiana University. Before pursuing this career full time, CJ served as a band director in middle Tennessee. He completed his BM in Music Education from the University of Tennessee at Martin, where he studied primarily with Julie Hill. His world-class marching experience includes two seasons with Music City Mystique, 2016 and 2017, aging out with a gold medal in 2017’s The Hand of Man.

CJ currently resides in Nashville, TN with his incredible wife Hannah and their son.

He is also proud to endorse Innovative Percussion and Zildjian Cymbals.

You can learn more about CJ and hear some of his work at cjbarrowmusic.com

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