It all started when…
…Andrew Park wanted to play the musical saw, but thanks to his mother he now plays the cello. Music has always surrounded Andrew. Whether he was falling asleep to his mother’s Chopin, envying his brother’s Jimi Hendrix like impromptus, or watching his father play the great classics with the Toronto Symphony, all his life, Andrew, has been fascinated by performance and intrigued by the processes of creating art…
photograph by Kevin Leblanc
photograph by Chris Malloy
…and then…
...thanks to countless mentors and communities he found himself performing in festivals around the world traveling to Norway, Mexico, The U.S. and across Canada. He has performed with the likes of Lauryn Hill, Russ & Charlotte Cardin in stadiums across North America, but has also performed with the Toronto Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, and remains an active orchestral musician.
In Calgary he taught at the Chinook School of Music as a private instructor and at the Mount Royal Conservatory specializing in chamber coach and early-childhood education. He runs assemblies and workshops in schools across Canada. Most recently with his group “Strings From Paris” at Peel Secondary Highschool. Currently, he runs the group classes at the Oakville Suzuki Association.
As a composer and arranger he writes and records music for television and film. He is sought after for his organic sound featuring acoustic instruments and sonorous harmonies. His personal style blends classical and popular music with a flare of Latin-Jazz, R&B, Hip-Hop and Folk. He is signed to the sync music library Bedtracks inc. based in Toronto.
Andrew holds a masters degree in cello performance from the University of Toronto, a bachelor’s degree in music performance with a minor in composition from the University of Calgary, and a performance diploma from the Mount Royal Conservatory.
Andrew plays on an 1850 Belgian Jean Baptiste Vuillaume copy and is an active of member of TMA-149. He currently resides in Toronto’s Davenport area and makes seasonal trips to western Canada. His debut album “Paradise Lost” has been in the works since 2020.