Contact
Departments
Vocal Studies
Education
Master of Music in Collaborative Piano from Manhattan School of Music
Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music
Ensembles
San Francisco Opera; Adler Fellowship
Courses Taught
Private coaching
Q&A
What is your hometown?
Syracuse, NY
What is your favorite recording?
Anna Moffo singing the Rachmaninoff Vocalise. It’s possible my the most beautiful classical recording ever made.
Who were your major teachers?
Warren Jones, Barbara Honn, and Terence Goff
What question do you wish students would ask sooner rather than later?
How should I practice?
What was a turning point in your career?
Getting into Music Academy of the West.
What is your daily practice routine?
Depends how soon the next deadline is!
If you could play only three composers for the rest of your life, who would they be?
Bach, Wagner, Debussy
Biography
Andrew King is a pianist and vocal coach based in San Francisco. He is a full-time member of the Music Staff at the San Francisco Opera, where he was an Adler Fellow from 2020 through 2022. He joined the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 2023 as Principal Coach. King is also an alumnus of the Merola Opera Program and the Music Academy of the West. He has performed on San Francisco Opera’s Schwabacher recital series and debuted at Carnegie Hall in 2018 The Song Continues, returning the following year for SongStudio. He is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied under Warren Jones, and holds a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati.