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A native of Kansas City, MO, NYC-based tenor Andrew Fuchs’s wide-ranging repertoire includes an abundance of early music which he performs as both a soloist and ensemble singer. In 2020, he joined the GRAMMY-nominated classical vocal quartet, New York Polyphony, whose extensive touring includes major concert series and festivals around the world.

Andrew recently made his Kennedy Center debut in Monteverdi’s Vespers with The Thirteen and his Lincoln Center debut in Bach’s Magnificat with the American Classical Orchestra. The music of Bach has come to play a central role in Andrew’s career, and he has excelled in his performances of the Evangelist in both the St. Matthew and St. John Passions (Cathedral of Saint John Divine, The Kent Singers, Saint Andrew Chorale, Canticum Novum Singers): “Fuchs made the Evangelist fully human and...served with exceptional skill” (TheaterScene). A member of the acclaimed Trinity Choir, he has been a frequent soloist on their “Bach at One” series at St. Paul's Chapel and in other early music masterworks.      

Equally passionate about the music of today, Andrew is very active in NYC’s new music scene and has premiered many works including the principal role of ME in Daniel Thomas Davis’s chamber opera Six. Twenty. Outrageous. with American Opera Projects, Alexander Goehr’s song cycle Verschwindenes Wort for The Juilliard School’s Focus Festival, Juliana Hall’s song cycle Piano Lessons with Lyric Fest, and Zachary Wadsworth’s oratorio Spire and Shadow with Downtown Voices. He has also been featured in several substantial pieces by Steve Reich, such as Three Tales at Disney Hall and Daniel Variations at Miller Theatre (both with Ensemble Signal), and The Desert Music with the American Composers Orchestra. Recent recordings of new works include Kurt Rohde’s It Wasn’t A Dream (Albany Records) and Christopher Cerrone’s The Branch Will Not Break (New Amsterdam Records).

Andrew’s love of the song repertoire led him to study at Stephanie Blythe and Alan Louis Smith’s Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar, and the Tanglewood Music Center, where he was a two-time Fellow. He was a Finalist in the 2015 Joy in Singing competition, and has appeared in recital with Brooklyn Art Song Society and Lyric Fest.

A skilled chamber musician, he frequently performs with preeminent ensembles such as New York Polyphony, ARTEK, Pegasus Early Music, TENET, Seraphic Fire, Musica Sacra, and the Clarion Choir. He has collaborated on numerous recordings as an ensemble singer, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Anthracite Fields by Julia Wolfe (Cantaloupe Music), the Clarion Choir’s 2017 GRAMMY-nominated Steinberg: Passion Week (Naxos), Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli with New York Polyphony (BIS Records), and Paola Prestini’s Oceanic Verses (VIA Records).

Highlights from recent seasons include Brahms’s Liebeslieder Waltzes and Britten’s Curlew River with the Mark Morris Dance Group, Vaughan Williams’s On Wenlock Edge with the Momenta Quartet, Misael in Britten’s The Burning Fiery Furnace and Tristan in Frank Martin's Le Vin Herbé with Montreal’s Ballet-Opéra-Pantomime, and the complete Monteverdi Book 7 madrigals with ARTEK (which was recently released on Zefiro Recordings).

Andrew completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University where he also earned his master’s degree. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas. He lives in Jackson Heights, Queens with his partner, oboist Scott Bartucca, and their mischievous tuxedo cat, Lucy.