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A composer, conductor, and active pianist, Andrew Jacobson is currently the Director of Choirs at Bellevue High School in Bellevue, Washington. He holds an advanced degree in Music Education from Boston University, in addition to a BM in Music Education from the University of Washington where he studied with Dr. Steven Zopfi, Dr. Giselle Wyers, and Dr. Geoffrey Boers. He is in demand as a Washington State Solo and Ensemble Clinician for the male voice, small vocal ensembles, and large vocal ensembles. In addition to his Solo and Ensemble work, he is active as a choral festival clinician across Washington State. He is also an active proponent and educator in teaching music literacy to junior high and high school choral students.

As a composer, his works have gained popularity across the country and internationally. He has had works premiered by Dr. Steven Zopfi and the Adelphian Choir at the University of Puget Sound and by Dr. Giselle Wyers at the University of Washington in addition to several high school choirs.

Just listen and you'll hear the melodies of white and wind-whipped waves along the shore, the whisper-song of ferns, the breath of trees, the insect hum that coats the forest floor.

You'll hear the mountain choirs and the tune that spills like silent thunder down their sides, the ostinato phases of the moon, the swell and dwelling lullaby of tides. And listen - hear the quiet harmonies of mosses growing near the riverbed. Hear lavender a-drone with working bees, and maple yellow melting into red. Hear crows aloft of dark and black-set wings. Hear stream and stem and every stone that sings.

— Jeremy Delamarter

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