About Me
Andrew Bishop is an active composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist in highly diversified musical idioms. He has received over 20 commissions from professional organizations and universities, numerous residencies, and recognition and awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Andrew W. Melon Foundation, Meet the Composer, and a nomination from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His orchestral composition "Crooning" was recorded by the Albany Symphony Orchestra on Two American Piano Concertos (Albany Records) featuring pianists Ursula Oppens and Ian Hobson. He has also completed writing projects for drummer Matt Wilson and is currently working on a chamber music project for saxophonist Dave Liebman. Bishop has performed with artisits including Reid Anderson, Greg Bendian, Karl Berger, Sandip Burman, Kenny Burrell, Eugene Chadbourne, Ray Charles, Gerald Cleaver, Drew Gress, Jerry Hahn, John Lindberg, Chris Lightcap, The Either Orchestra, Mat Maneri, The Manhattan Transfer, Tony Malaby, Ben Monder, Jeremy Pelt, Hank Roberts, Jacob Sacks, Craig Taborn, Clark Terry, Ben Waltzer, Matt Wilson, and John Zorn among others. His current associations included Gerald Cleaver's Violet Hour, The Ellen Rowe Quartet, the Tad Weed Freedom Ensemble, Bottomed Out with guitarist and composer Ryan Mackstaller, and is the leader of the trio Bishop/Cleaver/Flood and Andrew Bishop's Hank Williams Project. His two recordings as a leader, Time and Imaginary Time (Envoi Recordings) and the Hank Williams Project (Envoi Recordings), received high praise from the New York Times, All About Jazz-New York, The Chicago Reader, Detroit Free Press, and Cadence Magazine among others. Bishop has recorded over 30 compact discs as a sideman and his performance with the Ellen Rowe Quartet at the 2003 San Jose Jazz Festival was broadcasted on NPR's Jazzset with Dee Dee Bridgewater. He holds five degrees in music including a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in composition from the University of Michigan.
