ANDY KING, is the Music Director of the Purdue Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras and Assistant Conductor of the Lafayette Symphony. At Purdue, he has also served as conductor of the Collegiate and Concert Bands. In addition to his work at Purdue, Mr. King has been a guest conductor and clinician at music festivals throughout the Midwest and the East Coast. His orchestras have performed at Carnegie Hall in New York, the Grand Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Kapella Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia, and on tour throughout the United States. Previously, Mr. King held positions as Director of Orchestras at Carmel High School and Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis, and as Music Director of the Indianapolis Youth Orchestra. Mr. King has also served as the orchestra division head for the Bands of America Summer Symposium. The January 2001 issue of School Band and Orchestra Magazine focused on the Carmel High School Orchestra in its cover story titled  “Andrew King: Orchestrating Student Success.”

Mr. King earned his master’s degree in orchestral conducting from Butler University where he studied with Stanley DeRusha. His conducting teachers have included Gustav Meier, Daniel Hege, Rossen Milanov, and Steven Eggleston. He has also participated as a conducting fellow in International Conductor’s Guild workshops with Harold Farberman, Guillermo Figeroa, and H. Robert Reynolds. Mr. King earned his bachelor’s degree in music education from Illinois Wesleyan University where he graduated with honors. Also active as a horn performer, Mr. King has studied with Phillip Farkas, Laura Fairfield, Gail Lewis, and Janet Miller. He currently performs with the Windy City Brass Qunitet in Chicago and the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra in Indianapolis.

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