Yiran Zhao is a conductor, composer, pianist, and vocalist. She is the assistant conductor of Civic Orchestra of New Haven, Greater New Haven Community Chorus, faculty member at ECA (ACES), post-graduate teaching fellow at Yale Music in Schools Initiative, and organist at First Baptist Church in New Haven. She actively sings with professional vocal ensembles including Apollo’s Fire, VOCES8 US Scholars, and Yale Choral Artists.
Yiran holds a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from the Yale School of Music (Robert Shaw Prize) and Institute of Sacred Music (Margot Fassler Prize), and a Bachelor of Music in Piano and Theory & Composition from Westminster Choir College, summa cum laude.
In the news
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“Meet Yiran Zhao, a Masters of Music student in Choral Conducting '23 who is pictured rehearsing for her recent conducting recital...”
— Yale Institute of Sacred Music
“Generation YSM: Meet choral conductor Yiran Zhao ’23MM”
— Yale School of Music
“Yiran Zhao’s '21 growth as a performer and conductor points to bright future”
— Westminster Choir College, Rider University
