Andrew Weeks | as a Composer
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Award-winning British composer, educator & multi-instrumentalist, Andrew's output ranges from choral music & orchestral film scores, to chamber music and contemporary folk. As a singer, accordionist, percussionist, teacher & conductor, his projects have seen him touring the British Folk scene as well as performing with some of the country's leading orchestra's and choirs. A passionate composer for a range of genres, Andrew has written music for film, choirs, orchestras, folk bands and school ensembles. In 2016 he won the Sloane Square Choral Society Composition Competition with his entry of Cantate Domino for SATB, Organ, Harp & Percussion. In 2018 he received his first IMDb credit as composer contributor for the film Tessellation by Charmaine Mujeri and Agnieska Pietrowska [a collaboration with ThinkSpace Productions]. In 2020, he completed his Masters degree in Composition and Orchestration with Thinkspace Education Film Scoring School (University of Chichester). Establishing himself has a composer in many areas he mostly enjoys writing choral music, contemporary post-minimalist scores, and orchestrating for small and large ensembles. Andrew also writes commercial production music for media, as well as music fo the concert platform. Andrew has written works for string quartet, choirs, orchestras, contemporary ensembles and tried his hand at electro-acoustic composition. He takes pleasure in scoring for new instruments and is keen to write for unique ensembles. In recent years he has arranged a lot of English folk music for the contemporary quartet 'Inlay' in an attempt to keep traditional folk music fresh and exciting. Andrew is available for commissions and exciting new projects. His most recent project is 3 Christmas Motets written for Saxophonist Finlay McEwen and Cantores Norwyci (a group of singer friends from Norwich, UK), and will be recorded in St. John Baptist Cathedral in Norwich in 2021.
You can explore Andrew's work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5oBqKmyK3LGEU1YfMfu7S1 https://soundcloud.com/andrew-weeks-composer |