Dr. Andrew Crow has served on the faculty at Ball State University since 2009. As Director of Choral Activities, he currently leads the Ball State Chamber Choir and the tenor/bass Cardinal Chorus. Crow also teaches conducting and choral literature and supervises the choral conducting program for students pursuing graduate degrees. Under his leadership, the Ball State choirs have a strong record of collaboration with other choirs and professional orchestras, and they have twice performed at national conferences. 

Dr. Crow received the 2017 Mayor’s Arts Award for Arts Leadership in the Muncie community, while serving five years as Artistic Director of Masterworks Chorale. In addition to teaching at the university, he is also Director of Music Ministries for High Street United Methodist Church and has served as a church musician for more than 20 years. Opportunities as guest conductor include performances in North Carolina, California, Ohio, and South Dakota. Today marks the third time he has conducted the orchestra’s Holiday Pops concert in Muncie—always a joyful event!

At the University of Minnesota, Crow earned the degree Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting following degrees from Temple University and The Ohio State University. Each summer from 2011 to 2015 he led an intergenerational choir for a project called Musica in Situ, which toured to perform choral music in historic and interesting architectural spaces. He consistently contributes scholarship on topics such as intonation, score study, and rehearsal technique for professional organizations in the choral domain. Crow is also an experienced singer, orchestral conductor, and piano technician.