Andy Kirshner

Andy Kirshner is a composer, performer, writer, and media artist. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, jointly appointed by the School of Art and Design and the School of Music. He holds a Doctorate in Music Composition from the University of Michigan, where he studied with William Bolcom, Evan Chambers, Curtis Curtis-Smith, Michael Daugherty, and George Wilson. Kirshner's music-theater works include "The Museum of Life and Death", a science fiction "interdisciplinary theater work" based on the medieval morality play "Everyman"; [cite news
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accessdate = 2007-10-27] "An Evening with Tony Amore" for jazz voice and orchestra based on the persona of Frank Sinatra; "Who It Is", a one-man musical about race and nationalism; the opera-oratorio "The Watchtower" inspired by apocalyptic TV newscasts and the Book of Isaiah; "Dr. Nathan Feelgood In Person", an operetta for 10-piece blues band and a singing psychiatrist; and a cold-war musical for children with Dan Hurlin "The Day the Earth Stood Still". He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with his wife, the sculptor and installation artist Stephanie Rowden.

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