Chandler Carpenter grew up outside of Cleveland, Ohio where he began playing piano at the age of 5 and took up guitar at the age of 7. He began performing in various bands around northeast Ohio by the age 13 playing a wide range of music from blues, funk, and soul to classic rock, hair metal, and grunge. Eventually, he discovered his love for jazz and improvisational music in his high school big band. Carpenter earned a bachelors and masters degree in jazz studies before relocating to New York City in 2024.

Carpenters diverse musical upbringing has resulted in a genre bending style that is evident in his performance style and original compositions. He leads many projects including his own Trio and Quartet playing original compositions and arrangements of classic songs from the American Songbook and Jazz Standards. Additionally, Carpenter is an active pit musician who has performed: Shrek, Into the Woods, Mama Mia, Bridges of Madison County, Tommy, Footloose, Next to Normal, Spongebob, Godspell, Grease, The Prom, Bright Star, and Rent.

As a composer, Carpenter has been commissioned to write for big bands, wind ensembles, string quartets, flute trios, and pop music arrangements. He leads his own big band The Chandler Carpenter Big Band which performs his original compositions and arrangements. His big band is working with Cleveland based vocalist Jeffrey Cruz playing arrangements of Cruz's music which has been recorded and will be released in 2025.

Carpenter is an alumnus of Youngstown State University (‘23, MM - Jazz Studies) and The University of Akron (‘21, BM - Jazz Studies). He has studied composition and arranging under Dr. Dave Morgan (Joe Lovano, Franklin Cohen), Jack Schantz (Mel Tormé, Sarah Vaughan, Nacy Wilson), and Chris Coles (Nine Lives Project, John Hollenbeck). As a guitarist, he has studied under Dr. Francois Fowler (GFA Finalist) and Dean Newton.