Andrea Beyer

Performer and teacher exploring a passion for traveling and using music as a means of closing the distance between people of different backgrounds.  

 
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Andrea began playing piano at age 7 and bass at age 10.  She recently completed a Master of Music at Yale University under the tutelage of Don Palma, and in 2013 she completed her Bachelor of Music at Oberlin Conservatory where she studied primarily with Thomas Sperl but also had the pleasure of working with Scott Dixon, Peter Dominguez, and Scott Haigh. Growing up, Andrea studied with Colin O'Bryan.     

YOA 2013 Central America Tour

Andrea has participated in concerts at both Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center and has performed with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, John Adams, and DaXun Zhang.  A frequent traveler, Andrea has performed recitals and taught masterclasses in Mexico, El Salvador and Bolivia and, as a member of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas, toured in Central and South America.  She recently performed at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival with members of the Artis String Quartet and Yale faculty, and she is also an alumnus of the Chautauqua Music School Festival Orchestra and the Hot Springs Festival.

In addition to performing, Andrea enjoys teaching and taking part in musical outreach programs.  She frequently volunteers with the MusAid Organization, most recently coordinating and teaching in workshops in Belize City, San Salvador and New Haven. This past summer, she was on faculty at Peabody Bass Works, and throughout her graduate studies she was a teaching artist in Yale's Music in Schools program where she worked regularly with New Haven Public School students and taught string students at the Morse Summer Music Academy.  She also taught several Yale undergraduate bass students.  Andrea's interest in traveling and teaching music as a means of inspiring social growth was sparked in 2012-2013 when she participated in the Youth Orchestra of the America's Global Leaders Program during which she travelled twice to Puebla, Mexico to teach students in the El Sistema-inspired program Esperanza Azteca.  Outside of her musical endeavors Andrea enjoys cooking, running, and waterskiing. 

Please check out MusAid to learn more about this awesome organization that helps music schools around the world by providing instrument donations, teacher training, and instrument repair! 

Teaching a masterclass during MusAid's
2014 El Salvador Workshop

Bringing 15 donated violins and violas 

to Bolivia for MusAid