Praised as ”elegant” in the Boston Globe and ”extraordinary” by the New York Times, Scott Andrews has been critically acclaimed in solo and chamber music performances nationwide. A sought-after collaborative musician, Mr. Andrews has performed with many of today’s leading artists, including Jaime Laredo, Robert Mann, Christian Tetzlaff, Kim Kashkashian, and Ursula Oppens. Mr. Andrews has collaborated with the Ying, Arianna, Biava, and Borromeo String Quartets, the Calyx Piano Trio, and the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, among many others. An avid proponent of new music, he has performed with organizations such as Composers in Red Sneakers, the Auros Group for New Music, and Boston Musica Viva.

As Principal Clarinet of the St. Louis Symphony since 2005, Mr. Andrews has appeared more than a dozen times as a concerto soloist. Before joining the Saint Louis Symphony, Mr. Andrews had been a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 11 years and has also performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Saito Kinen Orchestra. He has lectured and given classes throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan. Mr. Andrews was for many years the Woodwind Department Chair at Boston Conservatory and a faculty member of the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts. He regularly collaborates with Seiji Ozawa and Fabio Luisi in Japan at the Saito Kinen Festival and as Solo Clarinet of the Mito Chamber Orchestra.