Bio

ANDY PETERSON

Andy Peterson is an award-winning New York based composer, musical director, arranger and orchestrator originally hailing from the Land Down Under. He holds a Bachelor of Music (Composition) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Andy was a co-creator on the hit musical audio series THE WORLD TO COME for which he wrote over 50 original songs and over 3 hours of musical scoring. He also wrote the music for the critically acclaimed two person musical RAZORHURST which played successful runs in Sydney and New Jersey and STALKER: THE MUSICAL which played runs in New York, Chicago and Sydney as well as the film musical MAKE AMERICA SAFE which won Best Score 2019 at the World X Short Film Festival in Rome.

As a musical director,  Andy set up a selection of live shows for the opening of UNIVERSAL STUDIOS BEIJING. He also has served on Broadway as the Associate Conductor and Keyboard 1 for TOOTSIE (starring Santino Fontana and Lilli Cooper at the Marquis Theatre) and the rehearsal pianist for Roundabout’s concert of MY ONE AND ONLY (starring Sutton Foster and Gavin Creel at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre) as well as playing on shows such as A BEAUTIFUL NOISE and DANCIN’.

Other selected New York theatre: RED ROSES, GREEN GOLD (Musical Director/ Arrangements/Orchestrations at Minetta Lane Theatre with Music Supervision from Jeff Chimenti of Dead and Company), ATOMIC (Musical Direction/Arrangements/ Orchestrations at Theatre Row). NIGHT TIDE (Musical Direction/Arrangements/ Orchestrations at Playwrights Horizons), MORE THAN ALL THE WORLD (Musical Direction/Arrangements/ Orchestrations at Theatre for the New City), SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED (Musical Direction/ Arrangements/ Orchestrations at The Django and The Cutting Room), BABY FAT (Musical Direction/Arrangements/ Orchestrations at La Mama). INTERNATIONAL: SINBAD: THE MUSICAL(Arranger/Orchestrator for the Malaysian Tour), KISS ME, KATE (Conductor for the Chinese Tour). FILM: HAPPY YUMMY CHICKEN [starring Taryn Manning from Orange Is The New Black]. He is a founding member of the ICONOCLAST THEATRE COLLECTIVE.

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