Andie Springer violin
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A native of Fairbanks, Alaska and currently based in Brooklyn, Andie Springer is a violinist specializing in contemporary music. A founder and co-director of new music ensembles TRANSIT and Redshift, Andie is also a member of Stephen Griesgraber’s amplified chamber ensemble Redhooker, Angelica Negron’s playful and ambient Arturo en el Barco, and Lainie Fefferman’s folk-inspired Phthia. Andie has also had the pleasure of performing with Victoire, Ensemble de Sade, Anti-Social Music, the Wordless Music Orchestra, the Argento Ensemble, and American Opera Projects.
As a soloist, Andie has premiered and commissioned numerous works including “Dandelion” by Mary Kouyoumdjian, “The Truth Touches Everything” by Rich Shemaria, and Robert Ashley’s “For Andie Springer Showing the Form of a Melody, ‘Standing in the Shadows,’ by Robert Ashley.”
Other composers Andie has worked closely with include Chinary Ung, Anthony Braxton, Robert Rowe, Sean Heim, Richard Carrick, Jad Abumrad, Daniel Felsenfeld, Matt Marks, Bryan Senti of Found Objects Music Productions, and composer/director Richard Maxwell of the New York City Players.
Andie earned her BFA at Carnegie Mellon University with Professor Andres Cardenes, and her MFA at New York University with Professor Arturo Delmoni. She has performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra, and her playing has been broadcast on stations WQED FM, KUAC FM, WBGO FM, and WFMU FM. She enjoys teaching and is currently on the faculty the Larchmont Music Academy.
Visit Andie at www.andiespringer.com.
