Violin Instructor
ANDREA OEY, violinist, is a native New Yorker with degrees from the Juilliard School, Oberlin College and Conservatory, and the Mannes College of Music.
Before playing with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, her orchestral experience included performances throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia, and the West Indies, with the Spoleto Festival Orchestra (Italy), Key West Symphony and Sarasota Opera Orchestra (Florida), Holder’s Festival with the Lyric Orchestra (Barbados), MMCK Orchestra (Japan), and the Bangkok Symphony (Thailand), among other international ensembles.
As a recitalist in Singapore, Andrea was performing for dignitaries, including the Ambassadors of Japan, Holland, and Belgium. In addition to performing standard classical repertoire, she enjoys other genres and styles of music, and has played acoustic violin with jazz funk group, Ex Caminos, electric violin on New York’s Off-Broadway show, “Heat Lightning”, and solo violin and quartet playing for numerous recordings for commercials and independent films. She has appeared in concert with U2′s Bono, Luciano Pavarotti, k.d. lang, Quincy Jones, Patrizio Buanne, and Slumdog Millionaire and Bollywood composer, A.R. Rahman.
Besides performing, Andrea is a dedicated teacher, with positions at the School of the Arts (SOTA) and Mandeville Music and Drama, and coaching the string ensembles at River Valley High School, the National University of Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Anglo-Chinese Junior College, and the Singapore National Youth Orchestra. In 2006, Andrea explored her interest in the music media industry and was host/presenter of MediaCorp Radio’s Symphony 92.4FM, Singapore’s classical radio station. In addition to her musical studies at Oberlin, Andrea pursued a degree in architecture and worked as an architect and AutoCAD draftsperson for three years.
