OLIVER CHAN

Assistant Conductor

Conducting Fellow – Oliver Chan earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, where he studied under the tutelage of internationally acclaimed pianist Walter Ponce. Oliver has been a featured pianist, conductor, and music educator throughout the Greater Los Angeles Area. Oliver is the music director of Opera Italia, an opera company based in Los Angeles, and a staff accompanist at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, where he works closely with renowned baritone Vladimir Chernov. He has also worked as the assistant conductor at La Sierra University Opera Theatre, an accompanist at Santa Monica College, and the chorusmaster at Numi Opera. At the BCCM, Oliver conducts the Bob Cole Conservatory Symphony Orchestra and coaches voice students in the Opera Institute while pursuing his master’s degree in orchestral conducting. He currently studies with Dr. Johannes Müller Stosch and has studied with Dr. Jacob Sustaita and Dr. Dean Anderson.