ANDREA DRURY
Chorus Master

Andrea Drury is 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.  She is beginning her tenth season as the chorus conductor of the Evansville Philharmonic Chorus.  

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 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.  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 and her Master of Music in Vocal Performance from The Ohio State University. Mrs. Drury is blessed with a wonderful and supporting husband and two amazing sons.