Christian De la Cruz is one of three choir directors at Reagan High School in San Antonio, TX.  Christian has been teaching at Reagan High School since 2011. Under his direction, his choirs have earned consistent Superior ratings at the UIL Concert & Sight Reading Competitions and have earned high praises for their innovative programming, vibrant tone color, and genuine heartfelt performances. Mr. De la Cruz, or "DLC" as his students like to call him, is the primary director of both the Varsity and Junior Varsity Men's Choirs - Cantus, the Vocal A Capella Women's Pop Ensemble - Chantez Nouvelle, and the Varsity Symphonic Mixed Chorale - Kantorei. He is also one of two AP Music Theory instructors at Reagan.

Christian was born in the Philippines and immigrated to the United States when he was three years old. He thrived in the public school system in the Rio Grande Valley graduating 7th in his high school class out of over 500 graduating seniors thanks largely to his middle and high school choral directors Ed Arguelles, Joyce Hull, Carlos Alfaro, Debbie Morton, and Amby Tanner. He went on to graduate Summa Cum Laude from Texas State University with a Bachelors in Music Education and a Minor in Mathematics thanks to the Howard and Nancy Terry Foundation Full Ride Scholarship. As a full ride scholarship recipient he was one of the 16 chosen scholars out of an incoming class of over 5,000 students. He was also awarded the College of Fine Arts Presidential Scholarship, the Texas Music Educators Association Scholarship, the Texas Choral Director's Association Scholarship, and was named most Outstanding Future Music Educator by the Texas State School of Music. 

Mr. De la Cruz began his career as a student teacher at Reagan High School under the direction of Jo Scurlock-Dillard and Mary Cowart in 2010.  Soon after graduating he was hired at Krueger Middle School to restart their choral program.  In just under six months, he was able to build the choir program from 30 members to 180 members while winning a local choral competition, something that choir program hadn't done in over thirteen years. The following school year he was hired as Mary Cowart's first associate director at Reagan High School.  

Side by side the dynamic team of directors and voice teachers at Reagan High School and their feeder middle schools, the choir department has been incredibly proud to have the highest number of all-staters in Texas for the past 6 years. Christian, a former three year all-stater himself, is thrilled to have the opportunity to coach students through this rigorous competition process.  In the summer he has been hired to lead as the Tenor Section Clinician for the Texas State University Choir Camp for four straight years and has had the privilege of the conducting the Texas State University Choir Camp Men’s Choir for two years.  This past summer Mr. De la Cruz alongside his wife were honored when they were hired to be Texas State Choir Camp Administrators.  Through their new role they were able to reshape, revamp, and update the philosophy and organization of the entire camp with tremendous results.

Christian has also been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to serve the Terry Foundation, the largest scholarship organization in Texas, in the summer time as one of its youngest Advisory Board members. In this role he has been able to interview and select future scholars as well as shape policy that has positively affected hundreds of current Terry scholars.

DLC has been invited to conduct several Region Choirs throughout the state. He is frequently asked to clinic middle school and high school choirs in our area and has earned top awards at the prestigious Texas Madrigal Festival. He has also conducted and toured with choirs in Peru, Switzerland, Italy, the United Kingdom, and South Africa.  He has sung professionally and recorded two albums with the San Antonio Chamber Choir, the premier professional choir in San Antonio. He is an active member of TMEA, TCDA, and Mu Phi Epsilon, where he served as the Alpha Pi Chapter President. Christian also serves as the Associate Minister of Music at First Protestant Church in New Braunfels where he conducts the handbells, sings as one of the tenor section leaders, and assists in rehearsing the Sanctuary Choir. He loves living in Stone Oak with his wonderful high school sweetheart and their adorable two year old daughter.