Chandler is a freelance musician and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has performed with ensembles across North America and Europe, and is an alumnus of the PRISMA Festival, Mostly Modern Festival | Netherlands, InterHarmony Music Festival, Rafael Méndez Brass Institute, and the Lucerne Festival Academy.

Chandler also recorded on VAAL’s soundtrack for the Tribeca Festival film A Wounded Fawn. He earned his Bachelor of Music in Performance from San José State University in 2024, where he studied with Caitlyn Smith Franklin, and is currently pursuing his Master’s of Fine Arts in Symphonic Orchestra Performance at the University of Gothenburg, studying with Lisa Ford.