ALAN CHAN
Doctoral Candidate (University of Southern California)
Master of Music (University of Missouri - Kansas City)
Bachelor of Music (University of Miami)
Licentiate in Piano Performance (Trinity College, London , UK)

composer, conductor, accompanist, music copyist

alanchan@alanchanmusic.com

Culver City, California, USA

Alan Chan’s music has been recognized with honors from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Percussive Arts Society (PAS), Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI), the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong (CASH), University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC) and Louisiana State University.  His works were presented in music festivals such as June in Buffalo, Imagine Festival, Musica Danubiana (Slovenia), International Jazz Composers' Symposium and various SCI conferences. In the 2007-08 season, Chan was commissioned to write pieces including Acala for quartet of Chinese instruments (Melody of China, San Francisco), Des Voeux for violin and cello (CASH), and Sweet Bach (Lien Percussion Ensemble, Taiwan). Alan Chan is a doctoral candidate at the University of Southern California, under the direction of Donald Crockett and Frank Ticheli. See full biography

6.19.2008 - Without a Trail to Lace for soprano and vibraphone (Mother's Lament / Daughter's Lullaby) is the first prize winner of the 2008 Percussive Arts Society Composition Contest!!!

6.12-14.2008 - International Jazz Composers' Symposium with Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge

2.7.2008: Daughter's Lullaby premiere at USC
Courtney Huffman / soprano
Donald Crockett / conductor
USC Thornton Symphony Orchestra

8.10/11.2007: Li Tai Hsiang's Mythical Dream
Alan Chan / conductor

7.10.2007: Duo (2007) premiere
5.25.2007: Melody of China premiere of Acala (2007)

3.31.2007: Alan Chan Composition Recital at USC
2.5.2007: Alan Chan Jazz Composition Recital at USC
12.23.2006: Alan Chan Composition Recital in Hong Kong