Overview
Andy is a graduate of Bard College and the Manhattan School of Music. He holds a Master's Degree in Classical Composition and Electronic Music. He has arranged and composed music for The Living Silence and The Drama of Light as well as conducted the musical ensembles for those works. In addition to his position at Manhattan College as Director of Music and Coordinator of Performing Arts, he is the Director of Music at Sacred Heart Church in Yonkers, NY and former Music Director of the Archdiocesan Children's Choir and Mother Cabrini High School. He is a choral conductor, composer, arranger, and instrumentalist. He has worked and performed with The Blackfriars Repertory Theatre, Music Theater International, Cherry Lane Music Company, the Rodgers & Hammerstein Theater Company as well as The Zurich Symphony, The Indianapolis Symphony, and The Milwaukee Symphony.
Education
M.M. Composition and Electronic Music, Manhattan School of Music
B.M. Composition (flute minor), Manhattan School of Music
B.A. Music and English, Bard College
Courses Taught
MUSC 131 98 Manhattan College Singers
MUSC 132 98 Manhattan College Orchestra
MUSC 130 98 Advanced Vocal Instruction
MUSC 410 99 Twentieth Century Dramatic Vocal Music for Two Sopranos in Three Contrasting Genres
MUSC 410 Recording Engineering and Sound Design in a ProTools Environment
MUSC 410 Orchestration and Arranging, Utilizing Studio Print Media
Publications
Commissioned by Magnificat Magazine to compose a setting of the Roman Catholic Mass for the revised edition of the Roman Catholic Missal.
Professional Experience & Memberships
ASCAP