Chandler Beaugrand

Chandler is a Percussionist, Marimbist and Educator based in New York City, NY. He has performed numerous solo, chamber, and orchestral works throughout the North America, South America, Europe and Asia with a wide array of ensembles such as: Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, The Boston Ballet School, Trentino Festival Orchestra (Italy), Brookline Symphony, Ideas Not Theories Theatrical Percussion Group, World Percussion Group and many more. Chandler’s passion lies in performing and teaching marimba and percussion. He is currently a percussion instructor specializing in marimba at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. Chandler also runs a private teaching studio in Williamsburg NY. He has also presented master classes in Spain, Portugal, England and the United States.

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Chandler’s percussion duo with April Ong (ACnd Duo, pronounced “Ascend”) were 1st place winners of the 2023 Great Plains International Marimba Competition Duo Division. ACnd Duo was also named Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s “Honors Chamber Ensemble” for the 2023-2024 concert season, as well as being semi-finalists in the 2023 Southern California International Artist Competition Duo Division. Chandler was also a finalist in the 2018 International Online Mallet Percussion Competition, and a semi-finalist in the 2023 Great Plains International Marimba Competition Open Solo Division. Chandler was also the Trentino Music Festival (Italy) percussion fellow in 2018 and 2019.

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Chandler has a M.M. in Marimba Performance from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, where he studied with internationally renowned marimbist Nancy Zeltsman, and former percussionist of the “The President’s Own” Jonathon Bisesi. Chandler also holds a Bachelor degree in Percussion Performance from the same institution where he studied with Zeltsman and Bisesi, as well as former Boston Symphony Orchestra percussionist Kyle Brightwell, and Samuel Z. Solomon.

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Chandler is a proud endorser of Schlagkraft mallets (Austria).

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