Christopher Chan

In-Person Lessons

Christopher Josin Chan* joined the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra cello section in 2024. Originally from Toronto, Canada, he was a former cello fellow in the New World Symphony. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Toronto and a Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan where he graduated as part of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society. His primary teachers include Shauna Rolston, Joseph Johnson, and Richard Aaron. He has also worked extensively with the Gryphon Trio, Calidore Quartet and Alban Gerhardt.

Committed to fostering the next generation of musicians, Christopher maintains a cello studio across Canada and the United States where his private students have gone on to attend the New York Youth Symphony’s Chamber Music Program, Meadowmount School of Music, Young Artist program of Tanglewood Institute and Heifetz International Music Institute. He has also served as a teaching assistant to Shauna Rolston during the last two years of his undergraduate studies and to Julia Lichten at the Meadowmount School of Music.

*VSO member