Anhvu Tran

Anhvu N. Tran is the current orchestra director at Jean Childs Young Middle School in Atlanta, Ga. He previously taught in Gwinnett County. A public school educator for ten years, Mr. Tran received his Bachelor of Music Education from Georgia State University in 2015 and Master of education in 2020, where he studied double bass with Emory Clements. He is currently pursuing a PhD in music education.

Mr. Tran regularly freelances as a double bassist performing with various groups, including the Gwinnett Symphony, the Northeast Atlanta Ballet Orchestra, Gwinnett Ballet, and Georgia Philharmonic. In addition to performing, he served as a founding member and co-conductor to the Metropolitan Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra, located in Southwest Atlanta. Mr. Tran’s personal belief is that music education can exist in many forms to serve all populations of students from all circles of life.

Born in Vietnam to South Vietnamese refugee parents and raised in Georgia, Mr. Tran began studying music in the Metro-Atlanta area. He currently resides in East Point, GA.