Andy Saunders
Educator, Performer (individual), Project management/Production
Member of: Rookh Quartet, Daniel's Beard
Professional skills PR, Producer, Fundraising, Performance coaching, Event management
Description
Andy studied Music at the University of York before moving back north to Glasgow for his Masters degree at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. After a season as Solo Horn of Slovenian National Opera and Ballet in Ljubljana, he returned to Scotland. Since then he has played regularly with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Opera, Scottish Ballet, Scottish Concert Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, and Red Note Ensemble, and has been a guest player with groups including Hebrides Ensemble, Ensemble Modern, Chineke!, The Wallace Collection, and Le Concert Olympique. He is a member of the GRIT Orchestra and the Rookh Quartet, and one of the ensemble for Joanna Nicholson’s Aud the Deep-Minded.
He was the Performance Consultant for the University of Glasgow’s Music degree courses from 2012 unil 2025, and has given workshops at Aberdeen University and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Andy was Artistic Director of The Cottier Chamber Project and chamber ensemble Daniel’s Beard, and is a trustee of The Night With… and was previously a trustee and Co-Chair of New Music Scotland. He is an alumnus of the European Festivals’ Association’s Festival Academy and led Scotland’s involvement in and hosting of Nordic Music Days (which took place in Glasgow in 2024), for which he was awarded the Nordic Composers’ Council’s Prize for Services to Contemporary Music in 2024.
Residence/Main Office Glasgow
Year of birth 1977
Contact email
NMS opportunities
Upcoming events
- 14 Jun 2026, 14:00
[On A Wing and A Prayer - Reflections on Morvern's Changing Habitat] - 16 Jun 2026, 20:00
[Concerts for a Summer’s Night 2026] - 17 Jun 2026, 13:00
[Free Online Composer Support Calls] - 17 Jun 2026, 20:00
[Concerts for a Summer’s Night 2026] - 18 Jun 2026, 20:00
[Concerts for a Summer’s Night 2026]
Recent updates
Works
- Sòlás Collective - Improvised, by Tom Macfadyen
- Quartet no 6 (Ma), by Matthew Whiteside
- Perihelion, by Neil Tòmas Smith
Events
- BBC SSO: Enrico Chapela's 'Antiphaser' (Concerto for electric violin and orchestera)
- BBC SSO: Takemitsu & Fujikura
- BBC SSO: Erland Cooper's Dawn Chorus
Projects
- Pete Stollery conducts Joe Stollery premiere
- Aides... mémoires... Project album launch
- On a Wing and a Prayer
Opportunities
- Call for delegates to UNM Denmark festival 2026
- New Music Scotland CPD Fund
- Development Opportunities for Scottish composers / composers based in Scotland
