Performances + Events
NEC Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Winds + Andrew McMahan, William Drury
Jordan Hall
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Artist(s)
Andrew McMahan is the director of wind bands and associate professor of music at Lamar University. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in conducting and music education and serves as the artistic director and conductor of the Wind Ensemble. He also oversees all ensembles under the purview of the Lamar University Wind Band Program, including the Jazz Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Pep Band and Marching Band. He also serves as the artistic and administrative director of the Lamar University Summer Band Camp as well as the founder and director of the annual Lamar University Honors Wind Symphony.
Prior to his appointment at Lamar University, McMahan served as the director of wind bands and associate professor at Cal Poly State University, a position he held from 2010-2017. He taught courses in music theory and conducting, as well as instrumental literature and rehearsal techniques. He also served as administrator, artistic director and conductor for the Wind Ensemble. During his tenure at Cal Poly, the Wind Ensemble performed internationally, including a 12-day performance tour of England, Ireland and Scotland in 2013. McMahan and the Cal Poly Wind Ensemble also hosted the 82 nd annual American Bandmasters Association convention in 2016.
Before moving to California, McMahan served as the director and principal conductor of the University of Minnesota Campus Orchestra. Additionally, he often appeared as a guest conductor with the University of Minnesota Wind Ensemble, Symphonic and University Bands. He also served as the announcer and for the 320-member strong “Pride of Minnesota” Marching Band.
McMahan spent four years as the director of instrumental studies and instructor of secondary music education at Simpson College, just outside of Des Moines, Iowa. He also served as the executive director and founder of the Simpson College Big Band Jazz Camp, a week-long festival of jazz studies held each June.
A native of North Carolina, McMahan earned his Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Western Carolina University, Master of Music degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Minnesota. He began his career as a high school music teacher in the suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
