BIOGRAPHYConductor, composer, ASCAP Plus Award recipient & GRAMMY® nominated music educator Andrew David Perkins (b.1978) holds a specialist certificate in Orchestration from the Berklee College of Music, a Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Michigan State University. Nominated for The National Band Association Revelli Award & Merrill Jones Award, The American Prize (Professional Composition Division) and the Ravel International Composition Prize, Perkins' music has been performed by musicians from the Royal College of Music, London, Michigan State University, Bowling Green State University, The Interlochen World Youth Wind Symphony, Western Michigan University, Drexel University, Florida Central University, and more. A regular guest clinician nationally and abroad, he especially enjoys writing music for developing musicians, including commissions from the Flint Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Conservatoire de Limonest, and a variety of consortia.
Mr. Perkins has served as an adjunct professor of Film Scoring at Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan and is currently the Director of Instrumental Music and Music Technology at Fenton High School & Andrew G. Schmidt Middle School in Fenton, Michigan. He additionally serves as the Music Director and Conductor of the Fenton Community Orchestra. Mr. Perkins is a member of the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and his music is exclusively published through APOLLO STUDIOS Music Publishing. Perkins' mentors include Larry Livingston, John T. Madden, John Whitwell, Jonathan Reed, Colleen Conway, & Eric Gould. He currently resides in Michigan with the love of his life whom he married in 2010, and their daughters. |
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email: composer@andrewdavidperkins.com
phone: 810 922 6082
Feel free to contact me directly:
email: composer@andrewdavidperkins.com
phone: 810 922 6082