Chloé Tardif

Violin

Chloé Tardif enjoys a varied career as an orchestral leader, chamber musician, and soloist. A student of William Fitzpatrick and Paul Kantor, she received her Bachelor of Music from Chapman University and her Master of Music from Rice University. Chloé has served as Principal Second Violinist of the Long Beach Symphony since its 2018-19 season. She is a proud new member of New West Symphony, having joined during its 2023-24 season as Associate Concertmaster.

A passionate chamber musician, Chloé has performed widely throughout Southern California with the Kaleidoscope Trio, and was part of an award-winning ensemble during her time at Chapman. Her group, the Chapman Duo, won first prize in competitions including the Francis Walton Ladies’ Musical Club Chamber Division in Seattle, Washington, where they toured the Puget Sound area performing recitals, outreach concerts at local schools, and for a broadcast on KING FM radio. Chloé has enjoyed performing chamber music with colleagues from the Long Beach Symphony. Their most recent performance was in the Mount Wilson Observatory in September of 2023 under the artistic direction of renowned cellist, Cécilia Tsan. In 2023, Chloé performed Vivaldi’s Summer as a soloist with the Long Beach Symphony, as well as Spring from Astor Piazzolla’s “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires” with the OCSA Symphony Orchestra.

An enthusiastic music educator, Chloé has enjoyed teaching many classes at the Orange County School of the Arts since 2018. From 2018 to 2022, Chloé worked with her teacher, William Fitzpatrick, serving as the Assistant Director of his nonprofit organization, the MusiShare Young Artist Program (MSYAP). She was asked to return to Chapman as a professor in 2021, where she taught private violin students in the Hall-Musco Conservatory string department for two years. Although she is based in Orange County, Chloé also enjoys working as a recording musician in Los Angeles for studios including Disney, Fox, Sony, and Warner Bros.