ANDREW HANSFORD
BMus (Hons) BA (Hons) MA MMus(Perf) MMus (Cantab) PGCert (OU)
ARCM ARCO LRSM LGSM LTCL FLCM FRSA
(Former ABRSM Classical/Jazz Examiner (Grades/ARSM) and Former CT ABRSM Piano Mentor)

-PIANO (BEGINNER - ADVANCED/DIPLOMA)
-JAZZ PIANO (BEGINNER - ADVANCED/DIPLOMA)
-THEORY OF MUSIC (BEGINNER - ADVANCED/DIPLOMA)

Andrew Hansford, born in Berkshire, UK, holds UK music-degrees from Surrey ((UniS), Guildford), Bristol and Cambridge (St Catharine's College) universities, and with the Open University (OU) (both a BA (Hons) in Humanities with Music with First-Class Honours and a Postgraduate Certificate in Humanities with Music (PGCert (OU)) with Distinction) in addition to an MMus(Perf) from Bath Spa University (BSU), UK with Distinction in which Andrew specialised in Performance as a piano accompanist, as well as the ARCM, ARCO, LRSM, LGSM, LTCL, FLCM music-diplomas (awarded mostly in piano accompaniment/performance) and the FRSA, being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts at the age of 26, and he is now a life-member of the RSA. A performing classical pianist, specialising in piano accompaniment* relatively early on whilst at school, he is also an organist, a harpsichordist (focusing mainly in accompaniment in both these instruments as well) and a choral singer (tenor).

As well as lecturing as an Associate Lecturer (AL) in Music at the University of Chichester Conservatoire, Andrew is also an active Trinity College London (TCL) Diploma Theory of Music examiner and an active international BIFF Music Adjudicator (both in person and, if necessary, virtually); he is also a former international (practical) ABRSM Examiner (classical/jazz grades/ARSM performance-diploma) and a former CT ABRSM Mentor (piano). Andrew's professional work has additionally involved presenting his own written courses at Oxford University Department for Continuing Education (OUDCE) as a Visiting Tutor in Music. A committed and experienced piano/jazz piano tutor (at all ages and from beginner to diploma levels and in a wide variety of different learning-environments since 1990), Andrew is a permanent Visiting Piano/Jazz Piano Tutor with a part-time position at two leading independent schools in Oxfordshire, UK as well as a permanent part-time Visiting Music Tutor position (in various capacities) at a Music School in Oxfordshire, UK and also gives piano tuition privately (this being mainly 'remotely') on a consultative/occasional basis.

Andrew has previously undertaken postgraduate research on the subject of 'A Study of the (Christmas) Carol' for his own curiosity and interest, and is presently researching for a PhD (in Music) on 'piano-improvisation' and also continues to enjoy occasional (advanced) piano accompaniment studies at the Royal College of Music (RCM), London, UK (externally) with Gordon Fergus-Thompson, international concert-pianist as part of Andrew's own ongoing professional development.

Andrew has always had a real affinity for both choral and vocal music (especially English Song as a piano accompanist), nurtured since beginning his musical upbringing as a UK Cathedral Choir School nine-year-old boy-chorister, and he continually takes special pleasure in accompanying choirs, choral-ensembles and singers, and is also one of the resident organists at a local church in Oxfordshire, UK near to where he lives. Particularly adept in the art of music-improvisation and having also periodically explored composition (which has led to a number of non-published/personal compositions to date), his preferred choice of instrument for his performance as a piano accompanist is a Steinway Model D.

*and collaborative piano