Music Director & Conductor Kenneth Andrews

Kenneth Andrews has served as Music Director and Conductor for The Orchestra of Northern New York since its founding in 1988. He has also served as Music Director and Conductor for the Castle Farms Festival Orchestra, Champlain Valley Symphony Orchestra and many others. He was the former Director of Orchestras at Ohio University and has been conductor for the Bay View Music Festival Conservatory Orchestra and the Crane Chamber Orchestra. In addition to guest conducting such orchestras as the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the Bay View Music Festival Orchestra and the American String Teachers' Association (ASTA) Orchestra, Mr. Andrews is a frequent guest conductor across the U.S. and Canada.

Kenneth Andrews received his B.M. and M.M. degrees with high honors from Indiana University in Bloomington, where he studied with noted flutist James Pellerite, receiving the prestigious Performer's Certificate. He did further study in conducting with Dr. Karl Ahrendt. As a flutist, Mr. Andrews performed as Associate Principal Flute with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and has been Principal and Guest Principal with several other orchestras. He has performed

under renowned conductors Zubin Mehta, Leonard Slatkin, Jean Martinon, Charles DuToit and Franz Paul Decker and others. He has performed throughout the United States, Canada and Europe and has been featured on public radio and television. Since the fall of 1986 he has been Professor of Flute on the faculty of the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam, and is the Music Director for the Contemporary Music Ensemble, coaches chamber music, and performs with the Potsdam Woodwind Quintet.

Awards have included the President's Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Endeavors, the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the New York State University Professors Excellence Award for Outstanding Professional Performance and Community Service. In addition to his current duties in the North Country, Professor Andrews also served as Music Director and Conductor for the Syracuse Symphony Youth Orchestra and as an Adjunct Conductor with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra.