Tan Loke Chuah is a versatile musician armed with a Bachelor of Music Education (Hons) from the University of Toronto. Besides performing full-time as an Associate Principal (Percussion) with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO), he contributes to the Arts as a performer of both Western and Chinese percussion ensemble, an instrumental teacher, a percussion educator through master classes and clinics, a conductor of percussion groups, Chinese orchestras and symphonic bands, as well as an arts administrator who saw the inception of the National Youth Percussion Festival and the Chinese Orchestra Winter Festival in Hong Kong Disneyland.

He is currently serving as a teacher artist for SNYCO percussion section and has been invited as a jury for the 4-nd Macao Young Musicians Competition Tan Loke Chuah received tutelage from Gregorz Markewicz (former Singapore Symphony Orchestra Percussion Principal), Russell Hartenberger (Nexus member), Robin Engelman (Nexus member), John Rudolf (Toronto Symphony Percussion Principal), Beverly Johnston (Solo Percussion Artist) and John Brownell (North York Symphony Timpanist) amongst others. He has been involved in the local music scene from young, through participation in the Singapore Youth Orchestra, NUS Orchestra, NUSS-SLT Orchestra, SSO and its Percussion Group, Singapore Armed Forces Chinese Orchestra and various other bands. He has performed overseas with North York Symphony, Scarborough Philharmonic, Toronto Wind Symphony, University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Concert Band, University of Toronto Percussion Ensemble, as well as Nishikawa Ensemble. In addition, he also performed as a soloist with the SCO both locally as well as in Europe. He was also involved in several released recordings with SSO, SCO and Nishikawa Ensemble.