Education:
B.Mus., Bowling Green State Univ.
M.Mus., D.M.A., Univ. of Michigan

Evan Chambers is a traditional Irish fiddler as well as a composer, he appears frequently as a performer of his own works, and serves as resident composer with the new-music ensemble Quorum. He won first prize in the Cincinnati Symphony National Composers' Competition, and in 1998 was awarded the Walter Beeler Memorial Composition Prize by Ithaca College.

Professor Chambers' work has been recognized by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the International Luigi Russolo Competition, the Vienna Modern Masters Orchestral Competition, NACUSA, the American Composers Forum, and the Tampa Bay Composers Forum. His works have been performed by the Cincinnati, Kansas City, Memphis, New Hampshire, and Albany Symphonies. He has been the recipient of commissions from the Albany Symphony, The USMA Wind Ensemble, members of the Cleveland Orchestra, members of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Quorum, the Greene String Quartet, the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, and the University of Michigan Bands, among others.

He has been a resident of the MacDowell Colony, and been awarded individual artist grants from Meet the Composer, the Arts Foundation of Michigan and ArtServe Michigan.

Professor Chambers was honored as an Accomplished Graduate in 2002 at Bowling Green State University. 

His composition teachers include William Albright, Leslie Bassett, Nicholas Thorne, and Marilyn Shrude, with studies in electronic music with George Wilson and Burton Beerman. His works have been released on recordings by the Foundation Russolo-Pratella, Cambria, Centaur, Clarinet Classics, and Albany Records, and have been recorded by the Greene String Quartet, the Albany Symphony, and Quorum. His solo CD, Cold Water, Dry Stone was released on Albany records.