Andre de Quadros arranger

André de Quadros is a conductor, ethnomusicologist, music educator, and human rights activist.

de Quadros attended Campion School, Mumbai, where he finished his secondary education in 1969. He was active in debating and quiz competitions in school. He enrolled in St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, where he had initially intended to pursue pre-medical studies. However, he changed directions, and majored in economics with a minor in econometrics and statistics. While at St Xavier's College, he enrolled at the Bombay School of Music, where he studied conducting with Joachim Buehler, who mentored him in orchestral and choral conducting. Further studies took place in Australia, where he undertook graduate studies in musicology and composition at La Trobe University for a Graduate Diploma of Humanities. Simultaneously, he pursued a Graduate Diploma in Movement and Dance at the University of Melbourne. In 1979, he won a DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) scholarship for graduate study at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg in Austria. Upon returning to Australia, and over several years, he completed a broad range of graduate degrees. These included a Graduate Diploma in Music, studying conducting with Robert Rosen at the Victorian College of the Arts. At La Trobe University, he also completed an MEd and an EdD. Finally, while working at Monash University he completed a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education.