When the pandemic hit, Chad’s symptoms ignited further, resulting in him having difficulty walking, a decrease in stamina, and changes to his guitar-playing and voice near day-end. But his spirit has kept him on his path of musical expression and advocation. This message of perseverance is echoed in “Golden Door” – a fitting follow-up to sister tracks “All In Time” and “Change Is Hard” (earnest admissions of fear yet acceptance in the face of life’s obstacles). 

Chad has also recently been busy at work alongside Axel composing the music for the acclaimed new musical Wonder which premiered at A.R.T’s Loeb Theatre (American Repertory Theatre) in Boston, leaving the Boston Globe praising it as “extraordinary, unexpected, and rewarding” and the Wall Street Journal saying the “score has a bright, likeable pop sheen that…captures the perky and heartfelt spirit of the book.”