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    Originally from Warwick in South-East Queensland, Andrew has completed studies at the University of Southern Queensland and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, recieving numerous scholarships and awards.

    Currently in the first year of the Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under the tutelage of Robert Dean, Andrew is supported by the Worshipful Company of Curriers, the Hazell Scholarship, the Margery and Frederick Stephen Wright Eisinger Bursary.

    During his studies Andrew has performed Macheath (Gay's The Beggar's Opera), Billy Bigelow (Roger's Carousel), Ernesto (Haydn's Il mondo della luna), David (Baber's Hand of Bridge), Dr Gregg (Moore's Gallantry), Ben (Menotti's The Telephone) Masino (Haydn's La vera costanza), Maître-Jean (Gounod's La Colombe), Faure's Requiem, Britten's Canticle IV: Journey of the Magi, Haydn's Creation, Mendelssohn's Elijah, and Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs.

    Andrew has been a finalist in the Australian Singing Competition Mathy Awards, winning the Nelly Apt Scholarship. He is also a recipient of the Sydney de Vries Memorial Award for Baritone in the City of Sydney Eisteddfod, and placed third in the Australian National Aria Competition. Andrew has performed in Masterclasses with Michael Lewis, Mary King, and, as part of the 2008 London Handel Festival, with John Mark Ainsley

    Recently Andrew performed as soloist in Alisdair Nicholson's Two Sisters, A Rose, A Flood and Snow with the London Symphony Orchestra in the Barbican Hall, and was a guest performer with emerging chamber group The Prince Consort.

    Andrew's plans include Mr Brooke (Adamo's Little Women) in Tel Aviv as part of the Israeli Vocal Arts Institute summer programme, Vertigo (Gluck's Le Recontre Improvue) and English Archer (Sallinen's The King Goes forth to France), both for the GSMD. Andrew will also be joining the All Souls' Orchestra on their Scotland tour of Prom Praise Concerts.

    Andrew is also a keen photographer, and his work can be seen at findography.