Andrew Robertson

Andrew is one of the most in demand jazz/commercial arrangers in Australia. He has been the Jazz Harmony & Arranging Lecturer at Sydney Conservatorium of Music since 2016 and has written for innumerable artists for live performance and recordings; US Superbowl 2021; Australian Idol; Eurovision Song Contest; many television ads on Australian TV and every year for the NSW Schools Spectacular. Specialising in Big Band and orchestral arranging, Andrew writes for a diverse range of musical groups from Choirs to 800 recorders + 250 strings for the NSW Primary Instrumental Festival!

In 2021 during the Sydney COVID lockdown Andrew completed a 3 movement, 30 minute work: “Symphony For Big Band” featuring Tenor Sax and Viola. The 1st Movement received grant funding to record in a virtual ‘Big Band @Home’ and can be seen here on YouTube.

Andrew is available for commissions of all shapes and sizes!

Performance

After completing the Jazz Studies course at Sydney Conservatorium Andrew has followed a career as a professional musician, composer/arranger, publisher and educator.

He has performed with artists as diverse as Michael Buble, Boy George, George Benson, Franki Valli, Michael Feinstein, Jerry Lewis, Paloma Faith, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Wayne Bergeron, Hugh Jackman, and most of the professional major Broadway shows. Andrew has also recorded/arranged many well known jingles for Australian television including Mortein, Woolworths, Commonwealth Bank, Finder.com and Carlton United Breweries

Education

Andrew has been heavily involved in music education throughout his career. He is well known as the founder/Director of JozzBeat Music Publishing and the Primary school music resources/teaching company “Jellybeans Music” in-schools program (www.MyJellybeansMusic.com) which has brought the joy of classroom music to over 25,000 Primary school children across Sydney, Melbourne and New Zealand.

Andrew is currently Lecturer in 'Jazz Harmony and Arranging’ at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (2015 –) and Director of the Conservatorium Jazz Orchestra #3

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