AndrewKeiser
- Assistant Teaching Professor of Conducting + Music Education
- Assistant Director, Bands
- CONDUCTING
- MUSIC EDUCATION
Andrew Keiser joined the 91ý College of Music faculty after completing a DMA at the University of Miami's Frost School of Music where he studied conducting with Robert Carnochan and Michael Hancock. At Miami, Keiser contributed to all facets of the band program while teaching undergraduate courses in conducting and arranging. In addition to conducting university ensembles and coordinating the annual Frost Honor Band Festival, he wrote music and drill for the Frost Band of the Hour and regularly directed the basketball pep band. He has also spent the last year as Director of Athletic Bands at Keiser University’s Flagship Campus in West Palm Beach, Florida.
An advocate for new music, Keiser has commissioned, premiered and collaborated with living composers. His work as a Conducting Fellow with the Newfound Chamber Winds has led to collaborations and performances of new works by David Biedenbender, Viet Cuong and Viskamol Chaiwanichsiri. Keiser’s 2025 transcription of Maria Schneider's “Winter Morning Walks” for soprano and chamber wind ensemble is performed by collegiate ensembles nationwide.
Prior to his doctoral studies, Keiser earned a master’s degree in wind conducting from the Schwob School of Music in Columbus, Georgia, where he studied with Jamie L. Nix and directed the CSU Basketball Band. He previously taught at Angola High School in Indiana where he led all aspects of the band program, a consistent recipient of the ISSMA All-Music Award. Keiser earned a bachelor's degree in music education from Michigan State University where he served as Trumpet Section Leader and arranged music for the Spartan Marching Band.
As a music educator, Keiser is an active guest clinician for high school bands across South Florida and an adjudicator for marching band events. He also arranges music and writes drill for high school and collegiate athletic bands, and has presented on topics including positive teaching techniques in secondary music education. He has served on the ISSMA Marching Band Committee and the Indiana Bandmasters Association State Board, and has conducted the IBA Honor Bands. Keiser is an assistant director for the Crossroads Drum Major & Leadership Clinic which provides musical and leadership instruction for hundreds of high school drum majors and student leaders annually.