A B O U T

Caleb Yang is a cellist, session musician, and music educator. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, he studied at UCLA before relocating to Nashville, where collaboration across genres continues to shape his artistic voice.

Caleb performs in various ensembles, including the Nashville Symphony as a substitute cellist. He has collaborated with the ARC Ensemble, the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz, and Silkroad's Global Musician Workshop. He has also performed as a soloist in Bloch’s Schelomo for cello and orchestra, under the baton of Neal Stulberg. As an improvising musician, Caleb blends various genres with live looping electronics for unique solo performances, original compositions, and self-produced projects.

As a session musician, Caleb has toured with Benjamin William Hastings and Martina McBride, and has performed with Phil Wickham, Josh Baldwin, Charity Gayle, and Jamie MacDonald as part of multi-artist tours. He has also performed live with artists including Amanda Shires, Danielle Bradbery, Natalie Grant, and David Cook. His recording credits include Chris Tomlin, Postmodern Jukebox, Blessing Offor, Bethel Music, Aodhán King, We Are Messengers, Michal Leah, and others. He has also contributed to major projects for Marvel Entertainment, Sony, Bungie, Blizzard Entertainment, Apple TV+, and Amazon Prime, spanning video games, film, and television.

Caleb holds a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance from UCLA and a Master of Music in Commercial Music from Belmont University. His master's thesis on live looping for string players explores ways to promote improvisation, encourage participation in groove-based genres, and amplify one’s musical voice. He also leads the string orchestra program at F. H. Jenkins Preparatory School, an ESA-approved K–8 institution in Nashville.