Biography
 
 


A Vancouverite now based in Toronto, Andrew Chan enjoys a burgeoning professional music career performing in and beyond Ontario. Before making Ontario his new home, he performed widely with many orchestras in the Vancouver area including the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Andrew is currently the Principal Harp with the Oshawa Durham Symphony Orchestra and the Brampton Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist, he has appeared in Ontario and in the US performing concertos by Handel and Michael Conway Baker.

Striving to be a versatile musician, Andrew explores the sound of the harp in various musical genres, including contemporary and jazz. He has performed and recorded with international artist Dr. Draw and his fusion band on the electric harp. Together, they have toured across the country and the US, achieving much popular success and critical acclaim. Their most recent CD "Adagio" has been ranked the third besting-selling in Toronto, and top 10 in several other cities including Edmonton and Calgary.

Andrew's mentors include Elizabeth Volpè at the University of British Columbia School of Music, renowned harpist Judy Loman at the University of Toronto, and Alice Chalifoux at the prestigious Salzedo Harp Colony in Camden, Maine.

 

 
 
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