Caleb Conner

Based in the Greater Los Angeles Area, percussionist Caleb Conner has been an active freelance musician for over a decade. He has performed with organizations such as the Los Angeles Opera Company, Musical Theater West, Dream Orchestra, American Youth Symphony, Civic Orchestra of Los Angeles, South Coast Symphony, and the Desert Symphony, as well as with numerous church ensembles and choirs. He currently holds the position of principal timpanist with the San Gabriel Valley Symphony. Since 2019, Caleb has also performed as half of The Apex Duo, a cello–percussion ensemble with cellist Ashley Ng Conner, presenting works by modern composers to audiences throughout Los Angeles County.

Caleb currently serves as a percussion teaching artist for Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) at the Beckman YOLA Center—a Los Angeles Philharmonic program that provides high-quality music education to students from historically marginalized communities. He also works with Maranatha High School in Pasadena and currently holds adjunct faculty positions at Concordia University Irvine, Vanguard University, and at University of Redlands.

Caleb earned his Bachelor of Music degree from Azusa Pacific University, where he studied percussion with Bill Schlitt and drum-set with Mark Converse. Caleb was awarded the principal timpani position with the Young Musician's Foundation Debut Orchestra, serving for two seasons from 2015-2017. During this time, he continued his studies at UCLA under Raynor Carroll and Theresa Dimond, where he earned his Master of Music.

• B.M., Percussion Performance, Azusa Pacific University
• M.M., Percussion Performance, UCLA