Tiffany Chang conductor 

OPERA

Guest Conductor, Teatro Grattacielo (Giulietta e Romeo) New York, NY | Jun. 2022*

Guest Conductor, Opera Columbus (The Puppy Episode) Columbus, OH | May 2022*

Guest Conductor, Oberlin Opera Theater (The Puppy Episode, world premiere) Oberlin, OH | Feb. 2022*

Guest Conductor, Opera Columbus (Tosca) - Columbus, OH | Nov.-Dec. 2021 

Guest Conductor, Portland Opera (Tosca) - Portland, OR | Oct.-Nov. 2021

Reading of Verdi’s Don Carlo, The Dallas Opera - Dallas, TX | Mar. 2020

Residency, The Dallas Opera Hart Institute for Women Conductors - Dallas, TX | Oct.-Nov. 2019

Conductor, North End Music and Performing Arts Center Opera Project -  Boston, MA | 2012-2021

Guest Conductor, OperaHub - Boston, MA | Jul. 2016

Guest Conductor, Boston University Opera Fringe Festival - Boston, MA | 2014-2015

Assistant Conductor, Boston University Opera Institute - Boston, MA | 2010-2012

ORCHESTRA

Guest Conductor, AMIS High School Honor Orchestra Festival - Dubai, U.A.E | Mar. 2020

Guest Conductor, Soloists of New England Orchestra - Boston, MA | Jan. 2019

Guest Conductor, BlueWater Chamber Orchestra - Cleveland, OH| Nov. 2018

Guest Conductor, IASAS Cultural Convention Festival Orchestra - Taipei, Taiwan | Mar. 2018

Guest Conductor, Brookline Symphony Orchestra - Boston, MA | Mar. 2017

Guest Conductor, Oberlin Conservatory String Celebration - Oberlin, OH | Mar. 2017

Guest Conductor, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston - Boston, MA | Apr. 2015

Guest Conductor, Parkway Concert Orchestra - Walpole, MA | Dec. 2015

Founder & Conductor, New England Repertory Orchestra - Boston, MA | 2010-2016

Cover/Staff Conductor, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra - Boston, MA | 2012-16, 2019

Guest Conductor, Dana Hall School of Music Summer Symphony - Wellesley, MA | Jun. 2014

Conductor, Boston University Symphony/Chamber Orchestra - Boston, MA | 2014-2016

Guest Conductor, Dana Hall School of Music Summer Symphony - Wellesley, MA | Jun. 2014

Guest Conductor, Greater Boston Asian-American Youth Symphony Orchestra - Lexington, MA | Spring 2014

Assistant Conductor, Boston University All-Campus Orchestra - Boston, MA | 2010- 2013

Assistant Conductor, Young Artists Orchestra, Boston University Tanglewood Institute - Lenox, MA | 2011

Assistant Conductor, Northern Ohio Youth Orchestras - Oberlin, OH | 2007-2009

NEW MUSIC

Guest Conductor, Dinosaur Annex Contemporary Ensemble - Boston, MA | Mar. 2020, 2022*

Conductor/Presenter, College Music Society Regional Conferences - online | Spring 2022*

Conductor/Presenter, The Arc Project (new music festival/conference) -  online | Dec. 2021

Conductor/Presenter, New Music Gathering (festival/conference) - online | Aug. 2021

Guest Conductor, ALEA III - Boston, MA | 2019, 2014

Conductor, Ligeti’s Aventures for Berklee 2017 Words and Music Festival - Boston, MA | Apr. 2017

Guest Conductor, Xanthos Ensemble - Boston, MA | Mar. 2012

ACADEMIC

Conductor & Assistant Professor, Oberlin Conservatory - Oberlin, OH | 2018-2021

Associate Professor, Berklee College of Music - Boston, MA | 2013-

Conductor & Interim Director of Orchestral Studies, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music - Berea, OH | 2017-2018

Acting Director of Orchestral Activities, Boston University School of Music - Boston, MA | Spring 2016

Assistant Director of Orchestral Activities, Boston University School of Music - Boston, MA | Fall 2015

SPEAKER & CONTRIBUTOR

Podcast Guest, Canton Symphony Orchestra's Orchestrating Change - online | Mar 2022*

Published article, Notes from the Podium (UK online publication) - online | Oct 2021

Guest speaker, Girls Who Conduct (conference) - online | Jun. 2021

OTHER EXPERIENCE

altMBA, Akimbo Workshops - online | 2021

The Marketing Seminar, Akimbo Workshops - online | 2020-21

Re-orchestrator for Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites, Boston University - Boston, MA | Spring 2012

Category Winner of the Year, LIT Talent Awards (2021)

OPERA America Grant for Women Stage Directors and Conductors (2021)

Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award (2020)

Winner - The American Prize in Opera Conducting (2017)

Third Prize - The American Prize in Orchestral Conducting (2014)

Third Prize - The American Prize in Orchestral Performance (2014)

Esther B. Albert S. Kahn Career Entry Award - Boston University (2013)

School of Music Conducting Award - Boston University (2011)

Pi Kappa Lambda Prize for Musicianship - Oberlin Conservatory (2009)

Theodore Presser Scholarship - Oberlin Conservatory (2007)

Ernest Hatch Wilkins Memorial Prize - Oberlin Conservatory (2007)

Doctor of Musical Arts, Orchestral Conducting - Boston University School of Music (Boston, MA | May 2013)

Master of Music Education - Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Oberlin, OH | May 2009)

Bachelor of Music, Cello Performance - Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Oberlin, OH | May 2009)

Bachelor of Music, Music Education - Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Oberlin, OH | May 2009)

Minor, Composition - Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Oberlin, OH | May 2009)

Minor, Music Theory - Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Oberlin, OH | May 2009) 

Bilingual in Mandarin Chinese and English; familiar with Spanish, Italian, German

Marketing and social media campaigning experience, including video and audio editing

Conducting

Principal studies: David Hoose, Bridget-Michaele Reischl, and Amy Chang

Masterclass studies: Carlo Montanaro, Emmanuel Villaume, Nicole Paiement, Gustav Meier, JoAnn Falletta, Gunther Schuller, Benjamin Zander, Robert Spano, Larry Rachleff, Donald Schleicher, Kirk Trevor, Gábor Hollerung

The Dallas Opera Hart Institute for Women Conductors, The Dallas Opera Orchestra Dallas, TX | Oct.-Nov. 2019

Conductor’s Guild Workshop, Richmond Symphony and Symphony Chorus Richmond, VA | Apr. 2011

International Conducting Workshop and Festival, Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Zlin, Czech Republic | Jul. 2010

NYC International Conducting Workshop, Astoria Symphony Astoria, NY | Mar. 2010

Principal cello studies: Amir Eldan, Hans Jensen, and Peter Rejto

Principal composition studies: Amelia Kaplan and Jeffrey Kowalkowski