A musician of numerous passions, J. Andrew Dickenson is a performer, teacher, composer, conductor, administrator, writer, and arranger who has been showcased in a variety of prestigious locations around the world.

Founder of the Midnight Moon Ensemble with soprano Yeonjune Suh, Andrew has performed in some of the most celebrated venues in the United States (Carnegie Hall), Korea (KNUA Hall), and England (Penzance Guitar Festival). He is also a member of CoLABorative, the resident faculty company of Cecil College. Andrew was an original founding member of both the New York Guitar Quartet and the guitar quartet 1 East, and has worked with high profile acts such as SONOS Chamber Orchestra and Trio Sorella. An avid protagonist of new music and art, Andrew actively commissions pioneering composers to write music for his performances, including Terry Champlin, Bryan Johanson, Brian Grundstrom, and Judah Adashi, and he has collaborated with many multi-media artists to produce shows at Baltimore's Augenmusik festival, Artscape, the Maryland Institute of Art, and the Academy of Art in Philadelphia.

A scholarship winner from both the Peabody Conservatory of Music (B.M. 2000) and the Mannes College of Music (M.M. 2004), Andrew's primary teachers include Julian Gray, Robert Trent, and Frederic Hand, and he has also studied with Manuel Barrueco, Peter Golladay, Sergio Assad, William Kanengiser, Michael Newman, Laura Oltman, Terry Champlin and Carlo Domeniconi.

Now a dedicated teacher himself, Andrew is the String Department Head at Concordia Conservatory and a Music Professor at Cecil College, where he developed the music degree program as well as several online courses. He is the author of the acclaimed Guitar Fundamentals series and has been published internationally in Soundboard and Classical Guitar. He is also editor of NYlon Review, the newsletter of the New York City Classical Guitar Society, where he was President and Artistic Director for 4 years.

Andrew has recently been invited for several conducting engagements, and as a conductor he is quickly becoming known for his precise directing, inventive programming, and his innovative arrangements. Arranging credits include Carmen, West Side Story, and Man of La Mancha for chamber orchestras as well as numerous pop and rock songs for classical ensembles. In addition, his own compositions have been recorded for a CD by Laughing Buddha Records.