Meet the conductor
Andrew
was brought up and educated in North-East London. He studied trombone
with John
Iveson and piano with David Ward at the Royal college of Music.
Following a
year gaining a Post Graduate Certificate of Education in Reading he got
his
first teaching post with the Avon Music Service. In 1983 he completed a
Bachelor of Arts degree at Bristol University. In 1995 he became Head
of Brass
in Avon, a post he retained when Avon split up and he
moved to the Bath and
North-East Somerset Music Service. For 3 years Andrew conducted the
Symphonic
Wind Band for the BANES Music Service. He is currently Assistant Head
of the
BANES Music Service. As part of this post he runs an after school Music
Centre
and conducts 2 intermediate wind bands. He also helps with the
Authority Brass
Band, Brass Tacks, which has performed twice in Symphony Hall,
Birmingham.
Since
2003 he has been the conductor of Cameo, an amateur orchestra based in
Bristol.
As a trombonist he has plays for numerous Orchestras, Musical and Opera
companies in the Bristol, Bath and Somerset area. He has performed
several
times on Friday Night is Music Night and Listen To The Band on
