Born in Toronto and schooled at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Quan was the recipient of the Joe Venuti scholarship for stringed instrument performance. After Quan left college, he ventured into pop/rock music with the Canadian rock band Lighthouse and played with them for three years.
In 1998 Quan joined the Canadian rock group Eye Eye as a keyboardist and violinist. He also performed as a multi-instrumentalist with the performance artist Meryn Cadell, the celtic-rock band Enter the Haggis, Juno nominated Afro-Canadian pop ensemble Kaleefah, and was featured guest for performances with The Tea Party (1997).
Quan has been a long-time band member of Canadian singer Loreena McKennitt and has assisted in the production of several studio albums and recordings including the acclaimed The Book of Secrets.
Quan’s film music company Q Music Inc. has provided music services to hundreds of television, film, radio and multi-media productions including the popular television shows Relic Hunter (starring Tia Carrere for Fireworks Entertainment), Mutant X (Tribune Entertainment), Tracker (starring Adrian Paul for Lions Gate), Starhunter, and The War Next Door, the notable Aboriginal TV drama Moccasin Flats as well as feature films Expecting, and Eve. Other notable projects include scoring the four-part documentary China Rises for CBC, one of the first HD-TV projects for the network. Quan is also responsible for the current themes for Movie Television (City-TV), the cable network APTN and the well recognized theme for CBC Radio's Metro Morning.
Gemini Award Nomination 2002: Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series: Relic Hunter Gemini Award Nomination 2003: Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series: Mutant X Gemini Award Nomination 2006: Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series: Moccasin Flats Season III – The Other Side
Gemini Award Nomination 2006: Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series: The In between World of M.G. Vassanji
SOCAN International Television Series Award (2007/2006/2004): Relic Hunter
Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards: Music Industry Award (2006)
Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards Nomination: Best Score in an Aboriginal film/television program (2008)