Chad has been a student of the CPO’s principal trumpet David Thompson and while at UCT was principal trumpet in both the UCT Wind Ensemble and the UCT Symphony Orchestra.

In 2022, Chad distinguished himself as a member of the Coastal Brass Collective, a brass quintet that won the Stellenbosch University National Ensemble Competition.  He has participated several times in the Stellenbosch International Music Festivals and was principal trumpet in 2022 and 2023. During these festivals, he benefited from masterclasses with Weston Sprott, Marco Silva, and Mark Hampson.

In 2024 he was selected as one of four CPYO musicians to attend the course of the Junge Norddeutsche Philharmonie and performed in several concerts in Germany.

He has also played as an ad hoc musician with the Free State Symphony Orchestra (FSSO), KZN Philharmonic Orchestra, Cape Town Festival Orchestra and of course the Cape Philharmonic, from 2021.