Chandler Dillingham is an award-winning classical guitarist from New York City.

He has
performed in numerous venues in the United States and Canada as a solo artist and chamber
musician. Chandler has appeared in numerous festivals and ensembles including the Ravinia
Festival, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, Domaine Forget International Music
Festival, Eastern Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival and School, and Boston GuitarFest at
New England Conservatory.

​ rom a young age, Chandler immersed himself in vibrant musical environments. Chandler was
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accepted into Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, known as the “Fame School,” where he was
fortunate to receive a balanced education that prioritized self-expression and collaboration.
Chandler appeared in large-scale musical theater and opera productions such as Les Miserables,
which seated over 10,000 audience members. Chandler also studied classical guitar in the
Manhattan School of Music Precollege division under the tutelage of Mark Delpriora, a
respected pedagogue and performer.

Chandler was accepted into one of the leading research universities in the United States,
Northwestern University, enabling him to obtain a well-rounded education in the arts and
sciences while pursuing his dreams as a classical musician under the tutelage of Anne Waller.
Chandler obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Bachelor of Music in Classical Guitar
Performance in four years and received the latin honor of cum laude.

He is actively performing across the Milwaukee area as a solo artist and studies privately with
one of the most celebrated guitarists in the United States and Europe, René Izquierdo. He will be
pursuing a Master's Degree in Classical Guitar Performance at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the upcoming academic year.