Simon Andrews (composer)

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Simon Andrews
Born1958 (age 6465)
Croydon
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Composer

Simon Warren Andrews (born 1958 in Croydon) is a British composer who is Head of Theoretical Studies, Composition, and Director of The Academy Chorale.

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Life

Andrews was educated at Chichester Cathedral Choir School. He has a B.A. and B.Mus. in composition, from Christ Church, Oxford, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.[ citation needed ]

He pursued composition and piano accompaniment at the Royal Academy of Music.[ citation needed ] Andrews has been involved in education as Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Ensembles at Franklin and Marshall College, and as Conductor of the Lancaster Opera Company and Music Director of the Harrisburg Choral Society. He joined the faculty of the Pennsylvania Academy of Music in 2001. [1] Andrews joined the faculty at Elizabethtown College, near Lancaster, PA, as an adjunct theory professor for the spring semester of 2011.[ citation needed ]

Compositions

This piece was first performed in 1996 in Lancaster, PA with the Franklin & Marshall Choir and had its professional debut in November 2006 with the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with the Lancaster Symphony Choir, the Franklin & Marshall Choir, and the Millersville University Chorale under the direction of maestro Stephen Gunzenhauser.

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References

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