andrew hails from the wonderful state of new jersey. he began playing piano at five and composing at eight.

eye color: brown

height: 5'10'' (give or take an inch)

likes: ice-cream, girls, indie flicks, laughter, smiles, the sky....

why he's kept in the band: he writes songs, owns a keyboard and amp (and the rehearsal p.a. system!), and plays a mean tambourine and meaner maraccas.

musical obsessions: brian wilson, sly and the family stone, mahler, gil evans, uri caine, everything. he is obsessed.

literature/poetry obsessions: e.e.cummings, john irving, edward gorey, lots of other stuff. currently graphic novels. they're awesome.

favorite overused words: awesome, splendid

favorite finger: 4th finger on left hand. seriously.

favorite color: not green. probably blue. interesting, huh?

Serious facts.....
selected musical groups/places he's been or is in:
ny youth symphony (for one year.........and then....not.), toy orchestra (his current 25-piece experimental indie band), baker bros (hip-hop project remixing classical music and rhymes), aspen music festival, interlochen, la schola cantorum counterpoint workshop in paris

most recently studied composition with: karen tanaka and william bolcom.

stuff he's won: 2 hopwood awards for fiction and poetry, 2004 john lennon scholarship for "Good Day," performed and recorded by Tally Hall

will graduate in april 2005 with: bm composition and ba english lit and language.

current projects: contemporary music commissions, a musical, a filmscore for sir joseph hawley, writing good pop songs...

he also is a music journalist for the michigan daily. that is why tally hall is rarely mentioned in the paper. it is against the rules.