Andrea Beyer
MusAid, New World Symphony
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Andrea began playing bass at age 10 and grew up studying with Colin O’Bryan. Andrea holds a Bachelors Degree from Oberlin Conservatory where she studied with Thomas Sperl and a Masters Degree from Yale University where she studied with Don Palma.
An avid traveler, Andrea has performed recitals and taught masterclasses in Mexico, El Salvador and Bolivia and, as a member of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas, toured in Central and South America. Andrea has participated in concerts at both Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center and has performed with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, John Adams, and Daxun Zhang. She is currently a substitute for the world renowned Malaysia Symphony Orchestra as well as the New World Symphony.
In addition to performing, Andrea enjoys teaching and advocating for music as a source of social change. She has taught numerous students in New Haven public schools, as well as undergraduate bass students at Yale, and she is spending the
spring of 2016 teaching at the Orquesta Juvenil del SODRE in Montevideo, Uruguay. Andrea is also the Logistics Coordinator for the MusAid Organization, which supports music programs in under-resourced parts of the world with volunteer music teachers and donated instruments and materials.
An avid traveler, Andrea has performed recitals and taught masterclasses in Mexico, El Salvador and Bolivia and, as a member of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas, toured in Central and South America. Andrea has participated in concerts at both Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center and has performed with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, John Adams, and Daxun Zhang. She is currently a substitute for the world renowned Malaysia Symphony Orchestra as well as the New World Symphony.
In addition to performing, Andrea enjoys teaching and advocating for music as a source of social change. She has taught numerous students in New Haven public schools, as well as undergraduate bass students at Yale, and she is spending the
spring of 2016 teaching at the Orquesta Juvenil del SODRE in Montevideo, Uruguay. Andrea is also the Logistics Coordinator for the MusAid Organization, which supports music programs in under-resourced parts of the world with volunteer music teachers and donated instruments and materials.