Andrew Ardizzoia (b. 1979) is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, where he began his studies in music at an early age. His music has been described as “exuberant, rhythmic, and great fun,” as well as “smart, intriguing, and masterful,” and has been performed on four continents by a wide variety of soloists and ensembles.

He is an affiliate composer of the American Composers Alliance, which publishes his music.

Recent performances include the premiere of Afterglow, a new song cycle for mezzo-soprano Daveda Karanas, The Garden of Eros with baritone Brian Ming Chu, Pencil Pieces with pianist Vinny Trovato, the Sonatina for Violin and Piano with violinist Eliezer Gutman, Irretrievable Systems with percussionist Greg Landes, and the premiere of his Divertimento by the wind ensemble at East Carolina University, led by Dr. Bill Staub. Andrew’s choral music has been performed by Coro Incontrocanto and Coro VocinCanto (Turin, Italy), the Muhlenberg College Chamber Choir, and the Manhattan Choral Ensemble.

Performances of Andrew’s orchestral transcription of Debussy’s Suite Bergamasque have taken place in Iowa, Arizona, Texas, and Missouri.

Performances at national and international conferences include Percussive Arts Society, the College Band Directors National Association, the Keiko Abe Lausanne International Marimba Academy, the International Percussion Week (Stuttgart), the World Saxophone Congress (Bangkok), the North American Saxophone Alliance (Athens, Georgia), and the International Horn Society (Brisbane and Los Angeles). Additional performances have taken place at the University of California San Diego, The Ohio State University, the University of Oregon, Idyllwild and Interlochen. Andrew’s incidental music for The Laramie Project has been part of productions in the U.S., Taiwan, and Singapore.

Andrew is Associate Professor of Music at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA, where he also leads the Wind Ensemble. He earned his D.M.A. in composition from the Hartt School, his M.M. from Arizona State University, and his B.M. from the University of the Pacific. His teachers have included Stephen Michael Gryč, Robert Carl, Rodney Rogers, James DeMars, Robert Coburn, and François Rose. He has participated in masterclasses with Christopher Theofanidis, Jennifer Higdon, Michael Torke, and Jonathan Newman, and studied conducting with Karla Lemon at the Scotia Festival of Music. His principal conducting teachers were Eric Hammer and Henrik Jul Hansen.

He is a member of Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) and the Society of Pi Kappa Lambda.