Andrew Cottee(I)

Andrew Cottee is an award-winning composer, arranger and conductor with credits for film, television, theatre, the concert hall and recordings. Andrew is one of the most versatile and in demand artists of his generation. Credits include 'Art of Animation - A Frozen Experience' for Disney, 'The Orville' which along with his fellow composers on the show received 'Best Original Score for Television' from the International Film Music Critics Association in 2018. Andrew orchestrated 'God Only Knows' for BBC Music Day, 'Mr Bean: The Animated Series' and his work was featured on the CBS TV special in America 'Sinatra 100'. Film credits include arrangements for the Universal Pictures 2016 release 'Sing' and orchestrations for the Bobby Darin biopic 'Beyond the Sea'. In the theatre Andrew received credit for his contribution as orchestrator for the 2015 Broadway production of 'An American in Paris'. Andrew's arrangements have been heard in concert halls across the world and have been performed by leading orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Washington National Orchestra, Orchestre National de France and the London Symphony Orchestra. In November 2019 Andrew conducted the world premiere of his symphonic suites of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals 'Evita', 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'Phantom of the Opera' with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall in Birmingham which was broadcast on BBC Radio 2. In December 2019 Andrew made his debut with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducting concerts in Glasgow, Ayr and Aberdeen and made his London debut at the Barbican Centre with the Dream Town Orchestra. Andrew has arranged for Quincy Jones and was invited by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra to arrange and orchestrate a concert celebrating the life and work of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. In 2017 Andrew arranged music for Bastille Day celebrations for the Orchestre National de France conducted by Valery Gergiev. Andrew's work has also been performed at the world's leading festivals including Ravinia and the BBC Proms. In the recording studio, Andrew was the orchestrator for Sir Paul McCartney's ballet Ocean's Kingdom, premiered in New York and recorded for Decca. Andrew's work has been recorded for Warner Music and he was invited to record an album of his original arrangements by Seth MacFarlane for his latest recording 'Once In A While' which was recorded with the Dream Town Orchestra at Abbey Rd Studios and released by Universal in April 2019. Andrew is a graduate of the Royal College of Music and began his musical career as a percussionist performing with the London Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta and BBC Big Band.