Bassist & Educator

Andrew Franklin O’Connor is a Double Bassist, Electric Bassist, Guitarist, and Composer. With extensive experience performing in classical music, jazz, musical theater, opera, along with experimental projects with other genres, he brings his wide array of experience and influence into his work. With his education focus around 20th/21st century music, he has gained experience playing challenging pieces in the modern repertoire.

Currently residing in New York City, he is a member of Symphony in C, and has performed in the section of the Reading Symphony and Harrisburg Symphony. He currently teaches at Muhlenberg College, Cairn University, and CMS Lehigh Valley and Trappe. He also freelances as a jazz musician, leading his own groups, along with performing with Tyrone Fredericks, Patrick Kerssen, and Josh Gilgoff. As a recording musician, he has worked at Mission Sound NYC with singer and songwriter Margo Nancyfor.

He completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at the Eastman School of Music, and was a featured soloist with the Eastman Wind Ensemble. He graduated from The Hartt School of Music with a Masters in Music Performance, and completed his undergraduate studies at the Eastman School of Music.  His teachers and mentors include James VanDemark, Robert Black, Mark Foley, and Nat Reeves. He has attended the Mostly Modern Festival, Fresh Inc. Festival, and the Pirastro Elite Soloist Workshop, working with Jacqui Danilow, Dave Eggar, Eric Snoza, and Jeff Bradetich. He has also done compositional studies with composers Joan Tower and George Tsontakis at Bard College.

Not Much Has Changed and Monkey Say are available on all major streaming platforms.