Max Randal (b. 1999) has just received a Master of Music in Collaborative Piano from the University of Colorado Boulder, where he studied with Dr. Margaret McDonald and Dr. Alexandra Nguyen. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he studied piano with Karen Ann Krieger and organ with Dr. Polly Brecht, while singing bass in the Vanderbilt Chorale and Nashville Symphony Chorus. Max is also the Lead Musical Engineer at Edify Technologies (developers of MusiQuest) and creator of the cross-platform ear training app Intonalogy.

Max is an experienced transcriber and arranger. Since 2012, he has enjoyed creating numerous piano arrangements of soundtracks and classic tunes by ear. Max is also a composer of piano and chamber music, with the goal of creating emotional landscapes on the canvas of tonal harmony. You can find recordings of some of Max's repertoire, compositions and arrangements here. To purchase his scores, click here; to inquire about his transcription services, click here.

Outside of music, Max is an avid distance runner who has won the Nashville Marathon (2018, 2022) and the Seattle Marathon (2023, 2024). He has also participated in five Boston Marathons and holds personal bests of 2:26 in the marathon and 14:53 in the 5K.