Taylor Chan

Taylor Chan holds an M.M. in Collaborative Piano from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she is currently a staff accompanist and vocal coach. She also teaches private piano lessons at The Hamlin School, and freelances in various opera, musical theatre, and new music productions and projects. As accompanist to the Grammy Award-winning Premier Ensemble of the San Francisco Girls Chorus, she performed at Davies Symphony Hall and made her Herbst Theatre debut in recital with lyric tenor Nicholas Phan (2018). Other SFGC performances include TedXSanFrancisco (2018), David Conte’s Faculty Artist Series (SFCM), San Francisco’s Tony Bennett Way celebration, and private events for Senator Dianne Feinstein and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Recent engagements include performing microtonal pieces by Jacques Desjardin and Bruce Mather at the former’s faculty recital at SFCM; Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians at the 2019 Hot Air Music Festival (SFCM); the world premiere of Deon Nielsen Price’s opera Ammon and the King; 56×54: “But Wait, There’s More!” with Ensemble for These Times at the Center for New Music; and a performance featuring solo and chamber works by Michael Gilbertson, Lisa Bielawa, David Conte, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Vivian Fung with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. She has served as rehearsal pianist for Opera Parallèle, most recently performing Xochitl and the Flowers with the organization in May 2019.

In addition to solo and accompanied standard classical and contemporary repertoire, Taylor is always looking for novel collaborative creative experiences and opportunities to expand her skillset. Her other interests include psychology, writing, philosophy, and visual art.