Tiffany Chang

PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENTS

Conductor, Oberlin Conservatory, Arts and Sciences Orchestra -Oberlin, OH | 2018-present
Conductor/Music Director, North End Music and Performing Arts Center Opera Project - Boston, MA | 2012-present
Guest Conductor, Dinosaur Annex Contemporary Ensemble - Boston, MA | Mar. 2020

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

Residency, The Dallas Opera - Hart Institute for Women Conductors  - Dallas, TX | Oct.-Nov. 2019
Guest Conductor, ALEA III  - Boston, MA | 2019, 2014

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

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

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

Berklee 2017 Words and Music Festival, Conductor - Boston, MA | Apr. 2017

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

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

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

Conductor, Cambridge Science Festival (with Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston) - Boston, MA | Apr. 2015

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

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

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

Conductor, Boston University Chamber Orchestra - Boston, MA | Fall 2014

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CONSERVATORY & COLLEGIATE APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Professor of Conducting, Oberlin ­­­Conservatory - Oberlin, OH | 2018-present

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

Assistant Professor, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory - Berea, OH | 2017-2018

Lecturer in Orchestral Conducting, Boston University School of Music - Boston, MA | 2015-2016

Conducting Instructor, Boston University -  Boston, MA | 2011-2013

AWARDS

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) 

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

Masterclass & Workshop Participation

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

Other

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

Principal composition studies: Amelia Kaplan and Jeffrey Kowalkowski