Brandon Tyler Chow is a Canadian composer whose music has been performed and recorded across Canada and in Europe. His collaborators include Talea Ensemble New York, Victoria Symphony, Turning Point Ensemble, Land’s End Chamber Ensemble, Soprano Charlotte Mundy, Violinist Erika Raum, and Pianist Claudia Perez-Iñesta. He studied electronic music with Dr. Andrew Schloss and composition with Drs. Rodney Sharman and Dániel Péter Biró. In 2016, his orchestral work, Tilikum, was commissioned and premièred by the Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra. In 2017 he participated in the CCRMA workshops in computer music and followed masterclasses led by Philippe Leroux, Marc Andre and Alex Mincek. His chamber piece, Regnvejr I Skoven, was awarded a 2018 SOCAN Foundation Prize. He was a participant in Delian Academy for New Music 2019, and a featured composer in New Music Concerts Toronto’s 2020 season. His work for ensemble and electronics, Grey Waters, was premiered by the Talea ensemble, hosted by Vancouver New Music, in 2022. He is a recipient of several Canada Council grants. 

Chow’s eclectic sonic language includes musical and extra-musical influences including visual arts, literature, and biological sciences including molecular genetics and histopathology. He is currently working on a piece for large ensemble inspired by André Breton’s novel, Nadja.