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Orchestra of Chicago, Sante Fe Opera, St. Louis Symphony, Eastern Music Festival and Chautauqua Sy m* pho <br /> Orchestras. He has won national auditions and held positions with the Fresno Philharmonic, HonolU. <br /> Coltimb,,Ls, New Mexico and North Carolina Symphony Orchestras. <br /> Andrew has also been a guest soloist, clinician and exhibitor at the Northeast and Southeast Horn Workshol <br /> has been featured with numerous chamber ensembles including the Degas Quartet, Ciompi Quartet, Malari <br /> Chamber Players, Symphony Winds (school educational programs), and performs regularly with the Caroli <br /> Wind Quintet (UNC Faculty). Other solo appearances have included the Richard Strauss Concerto No. ! a <br /> the Hubler Coneertstuck for Four Horns with the North Carolina Symphony, Schumann's Concertstuck 1 <br /> Four Horns with the Longview (TX) Symphony, the Saint-Satins Concertpiece with the Enloe Wind Ensemb <br /> Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 1 with the Raleigh Mozart Festival Orchestra, the Britten Serenade for Tent <br /> Horn and Strings with the Salisbury (NC) Symphony, and again in April 2011 with the UNC Sympho <br /> Orchestra and MET tenor Anthony Dean Griffey. <br /> "McAfee's pla-,dng of the natural horn in the prologue and epilogue was simply breath-taking, and his roaster <br /> of the valved horn during the poetic settings was no less, spectacular. His palette of tonal color for bot <br /> instruments and his refined control of dynamics were superb. Britten intended the natural 'out-of-focu <br /> quality of the high notes played on the valveless horn. McAfee's intonation on the modern horn was spot on <br /> "UNC Symphony Orchestra. Wowed ivritli Clarion Calls and Rhythrilic Drive" By William Thomas Walke. <br /> CVNC Aj)ffl 20,2011 Orchestral Music Review <br /> Andrew studied conducting for 9 summers with Maestro Harold Farberman at the Conductor's institute at t <br /> HartIt School in. Conriecticut, twice in Bulgaria (with the Varna Plulharmonic), and at Bard College in N( <br /> York. He completed his Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting in May 2009 With Maestro Ransom Wils� <br /> at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. As Music Director'/Conductor/Conductor of the Triangle You <br /> Ballet in Chapel Hill,Andrew has conducted full orchestral productions of Tchai-kovsky's The Nutcracker sin <br /> December 2008. Sleeping Beauty in May 2oo8 and March 2oo9,and Peter and the Wolf inIAIDTil 2012. He v, <br /> a finalist for the Charlotte Symphony Resident Conductor position and the Durharii Symphony Music Direct <br /> position, and conducted the 2008 Durham Symphony Pops summer series. He has been T-\4u: <br /> Director'/Conductor of the Triangle Youth Orchestra (four years), twice the interim Music Director of t <br /> Chapel Hill Philharmonia (20(-)1 and 2007; and conducted the world premiere performance of Symphony Nc <br /> by Ari Picker in 2008. <br /> The 14a�, 2011 edition of Y'heHorn Call,the Journal of the International Horn Society, featured his article "M <br /> Basics for a Horn Embouchure." His method book titled "The McAfee Method, Advanced Ernboucht <br /> Technique for Horn Players" is now in its nth edition. His web site, www.hornles s ons.org features his CD <br /> Passionate Horn," videos, and other helpful information on horn playing technique and on NOHAC, t <br /> National Orchestral Horn Audition Competition that he hosts at UNC. <br /> Visit lite Brass Area Webpage <br /> Videos <br />