Originally from Warwick in South-East Queensland, Andrew has completed studies at the University of Southern Queensland and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, receiving numerous scholarships and awards, is an alumni of the International Vocal Arts Institute's Tel Aviv Summer Opera Programme and has recently completed the prestigious Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he was awarded the Harold Rosenthal Prize. His Guildhall School studies, under the tutelage of Robert Dean, were supported by the Worshipful Company of Curriers, the Hazell Scholarship, the Margery and Frederick Stephen Wright Eisinger Bursary, The Joan Sutherland Society, and he continues to be supported by the Opera and Arts Support Group and the Opus 50 Charitable Trust and is grateful for the support of the Damenclub zur Förderung der Oper Nürnberg and the Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship.
During his studies Andrew performed Slook (Rossini's La cambiale di matrimonio), English Archer (Aulis Sallinen's The King Goes forth to France), Vertigo (Gluck's La Rencontre Imprévue), 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), Faure's Requiem, Britten's Canticle IV: Journey of the Magi, Haydn's Creation & Paukenmesse, Mendelssohn's Elijah & St Paul, Handel's Messiah (for the London Handel Festival) & Alexander's Feast, Bach's St John Passion, and Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs. Andrew performed the role of Mr Brooke in the Israeli premiere of Mark Adamo's opera Little Women for the International Vocal Arts Institute under the supervision of the composer, and covered the role of Steward in Jonathan Dove's opera Flight for British Youth Opera. Recently he performed Schaunard (Puccini's La Bohéme) for Longborough Festival Opera.
Andrew has been a semi-finalist in the Fancisco Viñas International Singing Contest, a finalist in the Stuart Burrows International Voice Award and also in the Australian Singing Competition Mathy Awards, where he won 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 Håkan Hagegård, Thomas Hampson, Joan Dornemann, Mary King, John Mark Ainsley and Michael Lewis.
On the concert platform, Andrew made his Barbican debut as soloist in Alisdair Nicholson's Two Sisters, A Rose, A Flood and Snow with the London Symphony Orchestra, has been a guest performer with emerging chamber group The Prince Consort, was a soloist with the All Souls' Orchestra at the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, performed with the Israel Chamber Orchestra under Maestro Paul Nadler in a Gala Concert at the New Israeli Opera and performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Richard Bonynge.
Andrew currently a member of the Internationales Opernstudio des Staatstheater Nürnberg, where his roles include Il Conte (Donizetti's Emilia di Liverpool), Der Perückenmacher (R. Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos), Dr Flake (J. Strauss's Die Fledermaus), Don Alvaro (Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims), Yamadori (Puccini's Madama Butterfly), and Morales (Bizet's Carmen).