About Andrew

Dr Andrew Wiering is a world class percussion soloist, conductor and composer. He won first prize in the Adelaide Eisteddfod Society’s Concerto Competition and was twice a category finalist in the ABC Young Performers Awards. He has performed as a soloist with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and the ASO. Andrew has also performed internationally at the Grafenegg Music Festival in Austria, Les Muséiques, Switzerland and featured as a soloist at the Adams International Percussion Festival four times from 2015 to 2019. Dr. Weiring delivers masterclasses internationally and also runs a vibrant percussion studio in Adelaide. Andrew is a senior lecturer in music theory, music history, composition and percussion at TIM.

Recent Publications

• Rachmaninoff, The Last Romantic: Interpretational Techniques Employed in his Recordings.
• Music Memorisation Techniques: A Survey of Pre-existing Techniques and their Uses and Adaptations in Classical Music.
• Hybrid Percussion Technique: Its Application in Solo Percussion Performance (Adelaide: 2019)

Current Academic Projects

• Research into the further development of performance-practise techniques through recordings and practise-based models.