April 22: FMU Artist Series presents Andrew Drannon at the Kassab Recital Hall

FMU Artist Series Wednesday, 22 April 2015, 7:30 pm Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center Andrew Drannon, piano Andrew Drannon is a composer from Memphis, TN. He just moved to Charleston a few months ago after teaching music technology and composition at Rhodes College in Memphis from 2010-2014. He plays many different musical roles, including music directing for theatre, serving as an organist and performing as a collaborative pianist with instrumentalists, vocalists, choirs, and chamber ensembles. His research for the past year has involved integrating spiritual practices into composition, songwriting and performance, developing a theoretical system based on emotion, vibration, channelling, and meditation. In 2015 he founded Ankh Music (ankhmusic.com), an artist consortium and record label dedicated to using new forms of music to enhance people's lives, to blending diverse musical styles and genres in the service of storytelling, and finding new ways to express inner truth. He performs widely as a touring artist, performing both solo concerts and as a founding member of Ensemble Roar. Currently he teaches freelance composition, songwriting, and piano lessons, helping students refine their creative workflow and use music to tell stories. In September he will join NYU's Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program in New York.