Education
Street John"s College; Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Street John"s College; Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Hewitt was classically trained from childhood as a pianist and tenor singer. Before university he had already toured chorally worldwide, and on graduation in 2000 continued on to perform regularly in concerts, global tours and Civil Defense recordings for such classical groups as John Eliot Gardiner"s Monteverdi Choir, Robert King"s The King"s Consort, The John Rutter Singers, Synergy, Opera Rara, the London Voices and Metro Voices. These performances covered every style, from contemporary premieres, to session choirs, and baroqoue, classical and avant-garde works.
At Abbey Road and Air Studios he performed on many film scores, for such conductors as John Williams and Howard Shore – including The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Andrew combines a lifelong passion for film with extensive classical training, recording and worldwide concert experience. He orchestrates and conducts all his scores, fusing them with electronic textures at his studio.
Awards and nominations British Academy of Film and Television Arts Nomination as Best New Composer for Film and television
Andrew is Associate Member of PRS Foreign Music, and recently accepted invitations to become a member of both the World Soundtrack Academy and British Academy of Film and Television Arts.