BIO
Andre is a composer/lyricist currently living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He is a member of the BMI-Lehman Engel Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop, an alumnus of the ASCAP Johnny Mercer Songwriter’s Workshop (plus a proud ASCAP member) and a graduate of the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati (CCM).
Andre is the proud recipient of the 2014 ASCAP Foundation Cole Porter Award, given “in recognition for his outstanding talent as a musical theatre composer and lyricist,” as well as a 2015 New Voices Project Merit Award. Andre wrote the score for the musical The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit (book by Allan Knee), which made its world premiere at the Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester, England in 2019. His song, “My World,” will appear on the new album, 16 Stories, featuring the Australian Discovery Orchestra, to be released in 2020.
Andre is presently at work writing the Music & Lyrics for several new musicals, including A Problem with the Pattersons with Laura Zlatos. Previous writing credits include: The Wolf (book by Joe Calarco), Timmy the Wizard, Other Women, BLOCKED and Whisper, Love.
To hear more of Andre’s work, visit www.andrecatrini.com