Chad Twedt received a Masters in Music Performance in May 2001 from University of Nevada, Reno. From there he also graduated magna cum laude and received his two undergraduate degrees: a Bachelor of Music in Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics. He was one of two recipients of the UNR Excellence Fellowship, and he received the 2005 Nevada Arts Council Fellowship Grant for the composing on his Ostinato CD. He was also one of two student recipients of the 1998 Sierra Arts Foundation Fellowship Grant, awarded based on his piano performance.