Andrew Schmidt
Part-time Instructor Music Education School of Music- Biography
- Andrew Schmidt (he/him) is a part-time professor of choral music education with over fifteen years of experience teaching k-12 students, as well as learners at the university and community levels. He is also a part-time professor at Kennesaw State University where he teaches in the school of music and musical theater program. He is also the founder and artistic director of EarlyBird, a professional chamber chorus, Voces Altum, an advanced treble chorus, and music director of the Summer Singers of Atlanta. He holds an M.M. in Choral Conducting from the University of Washington as well as a B.M.E. with choral emphasis from Northwestern University. Andrew recently achieved his certificate of Estill Voice Figure Proficiency and is completing his PhD in Teaching and Learning (Music Education) at Georgia State University. He was a recipient of a Brain and Behaviors Fellowship through the GSU Neuroscience program.Andrew’s research examines the intersection of vocal and choral pedagogy with an emphasis on building group and individual multivocality. In practice, by teaching multivocality through a rigorous pedagogical framework, he hopes to rectify academic and cultural inequities in music education. His research has been published in Choral Journal as well as The International Journal of Research in Choral Singing.Andrew sings bass with professional choirs like Kinnara, The Thirteen, and The Crossing. He can be found on recordings by both Kinnara (Provenance) and The Thirteen (Truth & Fable).