Dr. Andrew Harms holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music with a concentration in German Studies, a Master of Music degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, and a Bachelor of Music degree with a minor in English Literature and Composition from Missouri State University. Andrew also completed performances studies at the University of Miami.
Andrew is equally comfortable as a performer, teacher, and researcher. He currently seres as 2nd Trumpet with the Rhode Island Philharmonic, Bangor Symphony, and Vermont Symphony Orchestras. He been a featured soloist with the Colby Symphony Orchestra, the Brookline Symphony Orchestra, and the New England Brass Band. He has received recognition by several national and international conferences, competitions, and organizations, including the International Trumpet Guild, National Trumpet Competition, the Music Teachers National Association Chamber Music Competition, the Naftzger Young Artist Competition, the Minnesota Orchestra Young Artist Competition, and the U.S. Fulbright Student Program. In the realm of New Music, Andrew has been involved in the commissioning and premier of over a dozen works, including Contraptions by John Cheetham, Zelik by Annika Socolofsky, and Anticitizen One by Paul Poston, and has performed with several of Boston’s top new music ensembles, including Sound Icon. Andrew has toured as a soloist across the U.S. and Europe. Andrew has served on several non-profit boards, including the New England Brass Band and the North American Brass Band Association.
As an educator, Andrew currently serves on the faculty of the University of Maine-Orono as the Interim Assistant Professor of Music and Colby College in Waterville, ME as Artist Instructor of Trumpet. He has served on the faculties of Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, New England Music Camp, and Appel Farm Fine Arts Camp.
As a researcher, Andrew has published on both pedagogical and historical topics. Most recently, he has written about the lasting legacy of Arnold Jacobs and Vincent Chicowicz on trumpet pedagogy. He has also researched and published on the role of music in propaganda film up to and including the Nazi regime, as well as the lives of trumpeters and other musicians in East Germany from 1945-1960.