Accompanist

Andrew Petrasiunas is an active director, composer, performer, and teacher. Besides accompanying London Pro Musica, Andrew is active as a music director for productions at the Grand Theatre. He is also the musical director at Rowntree United Church and a teacher of music at John Paul II Secondary School (London).

Andrew’s improvised accompaniment of dance classes at Dorothy Scruton’s Academy of Dance stimulated his interest in composition. He studied composition with Margaret Henry at The University of Western Ontario, where he also completed courses in theory and counterpoint. Andrew gained further experience as a church musician, composing and arranging music for his various choirs. While he has written music for television, radio, dancers, skaters, and even the 2001 Canada Summer Games, most of his recent writing has been for theatrical productions. For his work on the Toronto production of Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (Lorraine Kimsa Theater for Young People), Andrew was nominated for a 2004 Dora Mavor Moore Award (Excellence in Music Direction, General Theatre). Andrew’s commissioned work for choir and brass, Shingebiss, was given its inaugural performance by London Pro Musica and Brassroots in November 2002 and is included in LPM’s new CD, Canadian Voices.

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