Andrew is a versatile composer and arranger with a steadily growing catalogue of work.  Andrew’s works for the concert hall range from a single instrument to large symphony orchestra and have been performed throughout the UK and on the continent by ensembles and performers including the Britten Sinfonia, Sarah Nichols, the chapel choir of St. Catharine’s College Cambridge and Kokoro (the contemporary music ensemble of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra).  The latter of these was a performance of Andrew’s SPNM shortlisted work Ni Hon no Hu Kei in Poole and Exeter as part of the SPNM’s artistic season 2004/2005. 

In March 2005 Andrew was shortlisted in the final of the Philip Bates Prize for Young Composers for his work The Lover’s Thirst and his 3 Meditations for solo piano have recently been submitted by the British panel of the ISCM for possible inclusion in the ISCM’s World Music Days 2006 in Stuttgart. 

During October 2005 Andrew’s work received two premiere performances.  The London Contemporary Music Group performed Elegy (2004) for ten players at St. Paul’s Covent Garden, London and on the 28th the Bechstein Duo premiered The Transcendant ‘I’ (2005) for flute and piano, in London.

Andrew has also collaborated with theatre directors in Cambridge producing music for the stage, notably a largely electronic score and soundtrack for a production of Shakespeare’s Richard III, which was well received by local critics.  Other projects of interest have included writing music for short animated films and arranging pop classics for ensembles as varied as barbershop quartets to large jazz ensembles.   

To view scores, hear recordings (see list of works) or discuss new projects please contact Andrew directly.

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