Andrew Robertson composer / arranger

Andrew Robertson graduated from the Jazz Course at the NSW Conservatorium of Music (Sydney) in 1991. Since that time Robertson has followed a career as a professional jazz musician, composer/arranger and jazz educator. As a woodwind specialist he has performed with such diverse artists as Michael Buble, John Farnham, Skunkhour, John and James Morrison, the Sydney All Star Big Band, Emma Pask, Tom Burlinson, Don Burrows and Broadway Musicals such as The Producers, Crazy For You, Chicago, West Side Story, Dusty, Hugh Jackman's The Boy From Oz etc. He has performed in a professional capacity in S.E. Asia, New Zealand, England, Canada & Finland.

He also recorded many jingles for television and his playing is heard nightly on Australian television through ads for Toyota, Telstra, Suncorp, Landcruiser, Mortein, Riva Coffee, and many others.

As an arranger and composer, Robertson owns and is Director of JozzBeat Music Publishing P/L, a print music publishing company which produces the highly regarded JozzBeat range of print music and education resources for the school market. This music is sold throughout Australia and New Zealand via a number of retailers as well as internationally via the internet web site. A number of Andrew's pieces are also published in The USA by Grand Mesa Music and Europe/World by de Haske Publishing.

Andrew is one of the busiest freelance commercial arrangers in Australia having arranged for events such as Australian Idol, The Sydney Opera House 30th Birthday Gala Concert, concerts involving the Sydney and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras, Eurovision Song Contest, television ads, the 2006 Channel 9 Theme Song, and many others.

His arrangements appear on many of Australia's top jazz artists CDs, such as Janet Seidel, Dan Barnett, Swingcity, Emma Pask, Mark Rivett, Sydney All Star Big Band, MBF 'Accentuate The Positive', Wayne Cornell Jr., NSW Dept. of Education Secondary 'Schools Spectacular' and others.

Andrew is also heavily involved with music education and conducts a number of Sydney secondary school big bands and jazz ensembles. He was Director of the NSW Dept. of Education Performing Arts Unit Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble 1997-2006. He also conducts workshops and lectures throughout Australia for primary and secondary music students and music teachers on improvisation in the classroom environment.

Andrew has also been Artist-in-Residence at the James Cook University, lecturing on jazz improvisation, arranging and big band conducting. Andrew is also an International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) registered clinician.