Andrew McKenna Lee
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     2005  Intl. Music Festival of Toroella de Montrí- Spain; studies with Leonardo Balada (composition)
     2004  New York Guitar Seminar- masterclasses with Arthur Kampela, Carlos Barbosa-Lima
     2004  Princeton University- first year of Ph.D. studies
     2003  Aspen Music Festival- July 17-August 18; studies with George Tsontakis
     2003  Norfolk Chamber Music Festival- June 22-July 6
     2003  Manuel Barrueco Masterclass- June 18-June 22; studies with Manuel Barrueco (guitar)
     2003  The MacDowell Colony- in residence April 23-May 21, 2003
     2003  Yaddo- in residence March 14-April 22, 2003
     2002  Stockholm Arts and Sciences Festival- Stockholm, Sweden; Sept. 2002, studies with Magnus Lindberg, Pär Lindgren, and Bent Sørensen
     2002  Composition and Conducting Institute- Newark, NJ; studies with Richard Danielpour and Lawrence Leighton Smith
     2002  Atlantic Center for the Arts- New Smyrna Beach, FL; studies with Steven Mackey
     2001  Atlantic Center for the Arts- New Smyrna Beach, FL; studies with Richard Danielpour
     2001  Cultureel Gigant- Apeldoorn, The Netherlands; studies with Louis Andriessen
     1999  Intl. Music Festival of Toroella de Montrí- Spain; studies with Leonardo Balada (composition) and Alvaro Pierri (guitar)
     1999  Manuel Barrueco Masterclass- Baltimore, MD; studies with Manuel Barrueco (guitar)
     1998  Intl. Music Festival of Toroella de Montrí- Spain; studies with Leonardo Balada (composition) and Alvaro Pierri (guitar)
     1998  Manuel Barrueco Masterclass- Baltimore, MD; studies with Manuel Barrueco (guitar)
   
Premieres and Concert Activities
      2007 Solo Concert- BAM Café, Brooklyn, NY concert featuring chamber and solo works; Andrew McKenna Lee and friends 
       2007 Arabescata- Carnegie Hall, NY and The Annenberg Center, PA as part of the ACO’s Composers Out Front! series; AML, guitar
     2006 Like a Sick Breathing, Tambura- Percussive Arts Society Conference, Austin, TX- Third Coast Percussion Quartet
     2006 Strange Dreams- Richardson Auditorium Princeton, NJ; New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Donato Cabrera
     2005  Sunrise from the Bottom of the Sea- Taplin Auditorium, Princeton, NJ: Andrew McKenna Lee, electric guitar
     2005  Suite from Variations, Fixations, and Fantasies- Taplin Auditorium, Princeton, NJ: Andrew McKenna Lee, guitar         
     2005  the dark out of the nighttime- Taplin Auditorium, Princeton, NJ: Janus and Andrew McKenna Lee, guitar              
     2005  Theme and Variations- Taplin Auditorium, Princeton, NJ: Aaron jackson, piano             
     2004  Prelude (from Three Pieces for contrabass) Taplin Auditorium, Princeton, NJ: Mark Dresser, contrabass             
     2004  Crazy Improv Madness (Etude #1)- Taplin Auditorium, Princeton, NJ; Mus 534 with Mark Dresser             
     2004  Scordatura Suite- Taplin Auditorium, Princeton, NJ; Andrew McKenna Lee, guitar             
     2003  Arabescata- Aspen Music Festival; Aspen Music Festival Contemporary Ensemble              
     2003  Gravity and Air- Norfolk Chamber Music Festival; eighth blackbird              
     2002  Drum Circle- Capitol, Stockholm, Sweden; Kroumata              
     2002  Vortices- New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ; The New Jersey Symphony, Lawrence Leighton Smith             
     2002  So-NOT-a Sonata- Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL; Talujon             
     2001  Syncromesh Synergy- Cultureel Gigant, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands; Ensemble Ereprijs             
     2000  Chamber Concerto- Borden Auditorium, N.Y.C.; The Claremont Ensemble, Glen Barton Cortese             
     1999  Triptych, Three Duets, solo pieces- International House of  New York, N.Y.C.; chamber music recital             
     1998  Celestial Sketchbook- Mellon Institute Auditorium, Pittsburgh, PA: Cuarteto Latinoamericano     
     1997  Samsara- Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, PA; Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic, Juan Pablo Izquierdo
               
Awards and Honors
     2006 CAP Grant- Composer's Assistance Program grant from the American Music Center for Strange Dreams
     2003  University Fellowship- Princeton University
     2003  Susan and Ford Schumann Scholarship- Aspen Music Festival
     2003  CAP Grant- Composer's Assistance Program grant from the American Music Center for Two Pieces for Chamber Ensemble
     2003  Morton Gould Young Composer Award- ASCAP
     2003  MacDowell Colony Fellowship- April-May 2003
     2003  Yaddo Fellowship- March-April 2003
     2002  Grants for Young Artists- South Carolina Arts Council
     2002  Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in Composition- New York Youth Symphony
     2000  Nicholas Flagello Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in Composition- Manhattan School of Music
     2000  Claremont Prize in Composition- Manhattan School of Music
     1998  Harry G. Archer Award- Carnegie Mellon University
     1998  Second Prize- Student Composers’ String Quartet Competition, Carnegie Mellon University
     1997  Student Composer Award- Carnegie Mellon University
     1997  First Prize- Student Composers’ Orchestra Competition, Carnegie Mellon University