Chadabe then continued his education at Yale University under Elliott Carter, graduating in 1962 with a master's degree in music.
[9] Upon completing his education at Yale, Chadabe and Carter traveled to Rome, where they continued their professional relationship.
[9] Chadabe was interested in studying jazz and opera, but ultimately accepted an offer from the State University of New York at Albany to direct its electronic music studio in 1965.
[9] He and Robert Moog designed the CEMS (Coordinated Electronic Music System), a Moog modular "super synthesizer" housed at the electronic music studios at Albany which incorporated an early digital sequencer, and he later acquired a Synclavier digital synthesizer for the university.
[13] After retiring from his position at Albany in the late 1990s, Chadabe continued teaching as an adjunct at the Manhattan School of Music, New York University, and Bennington College.