Andrew Jones - Concert Master
Andrew is proud to be serving as concertmaster of the Hanover Symphony Orchestra. Currently, Andrew is the Director of Secondary Orchestras in the Southern York County School District. He conducts the Full Symphonic High School Orchestra, high school string orchestra, high school select string ensemble and he is the Susquehannock HS String Quartet coach. Andrew is also the conductor of the middle school (7-8th grade) orchestra. Along with his duties in Southern York, Andrew is the Pit Orchestra conductor for the Columbia Borough School District in Columbia, Lancaster and serves on the violin faculty of the Elizabethtown College Music Camp. Previously, Andrew and his wife Julianna, lived in Lewisburg, PA where Andrew taught 4th-12th grade strings in the Lewisburg Area School District. He also performed with the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra as a section violinist and was the conductor of the Williamsport Symphony Junior Strings.
Andrew holds a Bachelors of Music Education from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania (2011) where he served as the concertmaster of the university orchestra and string ensemble; he also played trumpet in the marching band and jazz band and sang in the Mansfield University Concert Choir. He holds a Masters Degree in Music Education from The University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (2016). While at South Carolina, Andrew was the principal 2nd violinist in the university orchestra and chamber ensemble. He also played in the pit orchestra for the school operas and was a section violinist in the Brevard Philharmonic. Andrew was the graduate assistant director for the USC String Project (2014-2016), an after school community string program, where he conducted an adult orchestra and a middle school aged orchestra.
When Andrew is not teaching or playing his violin, he can be seen either coaching his son’s soccer or baseball team or fishing. Andrew and his wife Julianna have 2 beautiful children, Frederick and Hazel, where they enjoy being outside fishing, playing, and going to the beach.
Andrew holds a Bachelors of Music Education from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania (2011) where he served as the concertmaster of the university orchestra and string ensemble; he also played trumpet in the marching band and jazz band and sang in the Mansfield University Concert Choir. He holds a Masters Degree in Music Education from The University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (2016). While at South Carolina, Andrew was the principal 2nd violinist in the university orchestra and chamber ensemble. He also played in the pit orchestra for the school operas and was a section violinist in the Brevard Philharmonic. Andrew was the graduate assistant director for the USC String Project (2014-2016), an after school community string program, where he conducted an adult orchestra and a middle school aged orchestra.
When Andrew is not teaching or playing his violin, he can be seen either coaching his son’s soccer or baseball team or fishing. Andrew and his wife Julianna have 2 beautiful children, Frederick and Hazel, where they enjoy being outside fishing, playing, and going to the beach.