Chanell Crichlow is a low brass multi-instrumentalist, composer, performer, and educator residing in sunny California. She formed PitchBlak Brass Band in 2010 at the start of what became a vibrant brass band movement in New York City and across the globe. The group received high acclaim in both Downbeat Magazine and The Source Magazine during their tenure.

A 2021 Sundance Composers Lab Fellow, Chanell had the opportunity to work closely with Film and Television composers on her craft. Creative Advisors for the intensive included Laura Karpman, Blake Neely, Heather McIntosh, George S. Clinton, Mychael Danna, Kathryn Bostic, Jeff Rona, and Christopher Willis.

Named Art of Practice Fellow for September 2021-August 2022 through the Sundance Institute, Chanell plans on exploring the depth of sound the tuba has to offer combined with electronic effects to create a series of compositions and soundscapes for the instrument.

Chanell is currently the Assistant Professor of Practice in Tuba and Euphonium at the University of the Pacific. She received her Masters in Classical Tuba Performance at Pennsylvania State University under the tutelage of Velvet Brown and her Bachelors in Classical Tuba Performance at The Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Toby Hanks.