Andrea Drury, Chorus Master

Soprano and conductor, Andrea Drury, has been making music in Evansville for the past 19 years. She is originally from Texas where she did her undergraduate degree in music education at Baylor University. She made her way to the Midwest during her graduate degree in vocal performance at The Ohio State University. During her time in Columbus, she sang with the Opera Columbus chorus and was in their Opera Outreach program. She spent two summers at the Brevard Music Center where she sang the roles of La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi and Antonia from Les Contes d'Hoffman. During the summer of 2009, she attended the Opera North Young Artist Program and sang the role of Violetta in La Traviata. The role she has sung most often is Mimi from La Bohème. She has performed this role with the Amarillo Opera, Portland Opera Works Young Artist Program, Kentucky Opera Young Artist Program and the OKM Music Festival. She spent a summer in Lucca Italy as part of the Opera Theatre of Lucca program. She also enjoys singing oratorio repertoire. She was the soprano soloist for Santa Fe Symphony's Brahms' Requiem and Schubert's Mass in G. Other oratorio works she has performed as soprano soloist are Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, Bach's St. Matthew Passion, and Mozart's Mass in C Minor. Her first affiliation with the Evansville Philharmonic was when she sang the soprano solos for their performance of Handel's Messiah under the direction of Teresa Cheung. She continues to sing various solos with the Philharmonic and took over as Chorus Director in 2012. She has also appeared with the University of Evansville Chorus as a soloist.

She and her husband Tom began their family in Evansville and her focus changed to her other passion which is choral music. Mrs. Drury was the conductor of the North High School Choral Department from 2005-2015 where her choirs placed in the top ten at the state competition for nine of her ten years. In 2015 - 2017 she taught private voice at the University of Evansville and the University of Southern Indiana. She is currently the Fine Arts Specialist for Vocal Music and Theatre for the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation. In 2014, Mrs. Drury and her husband were awarded the Artist Award presented by the Arts Council of Southwest Indiana. She has been nominated for the Evansville Courier and Press Teacher of the Year award two times. She serves on the ISSMA State Board as the administrator representative for Zone 7. She currently is the Area 7 Representative for the Indiana Music Education Association and is the President for the Indiana Choral Directors Association.

The Drury family is a household of musicians. Mrs. Drury's favorite musician to work with is her husband Tom. She has performed and recorded two song cycles he has written for her as well as a choral piece written for the Philharmonic Chorus. She also enjoys helping her sons practice their instruments and watching their performances. Andrea Drury is beginning her 9th year as Conductor of the Philharmonic Chorus and is happy to end it with in-person singing! She is currently the Fine Arts Specialist for Choral and General Music and Theatre for the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation. Prior to this, she taught applied voice at the University of Evansville and the University of Southern Indiana for two years.

Mrs. Drury was the conductor of the North High School Choral Department from 2005-2015 where her choirs placed in the top ten at the state competition for nine of her ten years.
In 2014, Mrs. Drury and her husband were awarded the Artist Award presented by the Arts Council of Southwest Indiana. Mrs. Drury has been nominated for the Evansville Courier and Press Teacher of the Year award two times. She serves on the ISSMA Organizational Committee for the state of Indiana as the Administrative Representative for Zone. She currently is the Area 7 Representative for the Indiana Music Education Association and is the President-Elect for the Indiana Choral Directors Association. Before diving into the choral world, Mrs. Drury sang with opera companies and symphonies around the country. She still occasionally joins local groups as a soprano soloist.

Hailing from the state of Texas, Mrs. Drury received her Bachelor of Music Education from Baylor University in 1996 and her Master of Music in Vocal Performance from The Ohio State University in 2000. Mrs. Drury is blessed with a wonderful and supporting husband and two amazing sons.