Dr. Andrew Bockman is an American percussionist, educator, composer, and arranger.
A devoted teacher, Andrew is Adjunct Instructor of Percussion at SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music and Adjunct Professor of Percussion at Roberts Wesleyan University. He mentors percussionists of the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and Eastman Community Music School, and coaches the University of Rochester Symphony and Chamber Orchestra percussion sections. During his graduate work he served as the primary instructor of the Percussion Methods course for undergraduate and graduate music education students at Eastman, and co-directed the Eastman Chamber Percussion Ensemble.
With a passion for both classic and contemporary repertoire, Andrew has performed with renowned ensembles including the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Erie Philharmonic, Eastman Wind Ensemble, Eastman Philharmonia, Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, Eastman Percussion Ensemble, and Eastman's Musica Nova. He currently serves as stand-in timpanist and first-call extra percussionist with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Andreas Delfs, and with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of JoAnn Falletta. Andrew has performed at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention with the Eastman Percussion Ensemble as winners of the 2017 International Percussion Ensemble Competition, premiering works by John Psathas and Michael Burritt. He served as Principal Timpanist with the Eastman Wind Ensemble on their 2019 tour to Severance Hall, and was featured as a soloist at the 2016 McCormick Marimba Festival. He appeared with the National Orchestral Institute on their 2020 album Bernstein, Gershwin & Copland: Works, released by NAXOS, and with the acclaimed FSU Percussion Ensemble on their Volume Three: Ten Windows, released by Garnet House Productions.
An active composer and arranger, Andrew has had his works premiered and performed by musicians of the Eastman School of Music, the World Percussion Group, the Chautauqua Institution, the University of Arkansas Fort Smith, the University of Maryland, and several other universities and summer festivals around the U.S.
Andrew holds a Doctorate in Percussion Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music, where he received the prestigious Performer's Certificate and Arts Leadership Certificate. He completed his Master of Music degree at Eastman and his Bachelor of Music degree at Florida State University, where he graduated Summa cum laude.
Andrew is a Performing Artist & Educator with Malletech Inc.