Currently 20 years old, Chandler is a composer of music for concert band, orchestra, piano, and film.

 

Among his accomplishments include winning first place in the scond annual Auburn University Piano Competition, being a finalist in the Alabama Music Educator's Association Young Composer's Competition (four years in a row), superior ratings at Alabama's Solo and Ensemble festival, as well as premiering an original composition with the Corner High School Band as the pianist for the piece. He has recently debuted as a conductor with the Alabama Youth Symphony (Leslie Fillmer, director) with a piece written especially for the group entitled, "Fantasia Espagnol," which has also received its international premiere with the Dachau Youth Symphony Orchestra. Aside from the concert aspect of his career, he has written for film (Another River to Cross: The Alabama Indian, a film for Alabama Public Television, Rural Revival: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Alabama) and enjoys experimenting with different combinations of sounds and tonal colors.

 

He is an active percussionist and pianist, having performed with the Wallace State Community College Concert Band as a percussionist and with the Wallace State Jazz Band as its pianist. He also performed with Winfield Independent Percussion during their 2019 performance season. He is also a local church pianist and organist and has played at several area churches. He currently serves as the organist at Tallassee First United Methodist and attends Auburn University where he studies Music Education and also studies piano under Dr. Jeremy Samolesky.