Tiffany Chang
conductor
CONDUCTING ENGAGEMENTS
Professional Conducting Engagements
Participant Conductor, The Dallas Opera Hart Institute for Women Conductors - Dallas, TX | Oct.-Nov. 2019
Conductor/Music Director, North End Music and Performing Arts Center Opera Project - Boston, MA | 2012-present
Guest Conductor, Soloists of New England Orchestra - Boston, MA | Jan. 2019
Guest Conductor, ALEA III - Boston, MA | 2019, 2014
Guest Conductor, BlueWater Chamber Orchestra - Cleveland, OH| Nov. 2018
Guest Conductor, Brookline Symphony Orchestra - Brookline, MA | Mar. 2017
Guest Conductor, OperaHub - Boston, MA | Jul. 2016
Founder & Conductor, New England Repertory Orchestra - Boston, MA | 2010-2016
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, Xanthos Ensemble - Boston, MA | Mar. 2012
University / Youth Orchestra Engagements
Conductor, Oberlin Conservatory, Arts and Sciences Orchestra -Oberlin, OH | 2018-present
Conductor, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra - Boston, MA | 2012-present
Guest Conductor, AMIS High School Honor Band and Orchestra Festival - Dubai, U.A.E. | Mar. 2020
Interim Director of Orchestral Studies, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music - Berea, OH | 2017-2018
Guest Conductor, IASAS Cultural Convention Festival Orchestra - Taipei, Taiwan | Mar. 2018
Berklee 2017 Words and Music Festival, Conductor - Boston, MA | Apr. 2017
Guest Conductor, Oberlin Conservatory String Celebration - Oberlin, OH | Mar. 2017
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
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
Assistant Conductor/Orchestra Manager, Boston University All-Campus Orchestra - Boston, MA | 2010- 2013
Assistant Conductor, Young Artists Orchestra, Boston University Tanglewood Institute - Lenox, MA | Aug. 2011
Assistant Conductor, Boston University Opera Institute - Boston, MA | 2010-2012
Assistant Conductor, Northern Ohio Youth Orchestras - Oberlin, OH | 2007-2009
TEACHING
Visiting Assistant Professor of Conducting, Oberlin Conservatory - Oberlin, OH | 2018-present
Assistant 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
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Orchestrations
Boston University School of Music - Reorchestration of Francis Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites for performances by the Boston University Chamber Orchestra and Opera Institute (Boston, MA | 2011-2012)
Taipei American School - Orchestration of middle school musicals ("Night at the Wax Museum" and "Doo-wop Wed Widing Hood") (Taipei, Taiwan | 2009-2010)
Administrative
Berklee College of Music - Orchestra Coordinator (Boston, MA | Sept 2014-)
Boston University Tanglewood Institute - Young Artists Orchestra Manager (Lenox, MA | Jun.-Aug. 2012)
Oberlin Conservatory - Theory Department Assistant (Oberlin, OH | 2005-2009)
AWARDS, MEMBERSHIPS, & SKILLS
Awards
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. Alber S. Kahn Career Entry Award - Boston University (2013)
School of Music Conducting Award - Boston University (2011)
Graduate Assistantship - Boston University (2010-present)
Music Scholarship - Boston University (2009-present)
Pi Kappa Lambda Prize for Musicianship - Oberlin Conservatory (2009)
Theodore Presser Scholarship - Oberlin Conservatory (2007)
Ernest Hatch Wilkins Memorial Prize - Oberlin Conservatory (2007)
Memberships
Conductors Guild
Pi Kappa Lambda (Oberlin Chapter)
National Scholars Honor Society
Music Educators Association of Oberlin
Ohio Music Educators Association
Music Educators National Conference
American String Teachers Association
Australian Band and Orchestra Directors Association
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)
Study and Training
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
8th Taipei International Choral Festival, Taipei Philharmonic Festival Choir Taipei, Taiwan | Jul. 2008
Amy Chang’s Conducting Seminar, Yu-Yun Symphony Orchestra Taipei, Taiwan | Jan. 2008
Jerry Nowak Conducting Summer School, Workshop Band Sydney, Australia | Jan. 2007
Other
Principal cello studies: Amir Eldan, Hans Jensen, and Peter Rejto
Principal composition studies: Amelia Kaplan and Jeffrey Kowalkowski
