Andrew Mast is the Associate Dean of the Conservatory and Kimberly-Clark Professor of Music at ÃÛÌÒAV. In this capacity, he works primarily on curricular issues and student advising. He joined the faculty in 2004 as Director of Bands, only the third person to hold that title since 1951, and conducted the Wind Ensemble and taught courses in the first-year studies program, conducting and band history. He has been recognized for his teaching via the Freshman Studies Teaching Award in 2011, Young Teacher Award at Lawrence in 2009 and the Faculty of the Year award at St. Ambrose in 2004.
Dr. Mast earned his D.M.A. in Band Conducting from The University of Iowa (2000), his M.A. in Music Education from The University of Minnesota (1996) and his B.Mus in Music Education and Tuba from The University of Iowa (1989).
Bands under his direction have appeared at several conferences, including the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) National and North Central Regional conferences and the Wisconsin Music Educators Association. A 2012 CD released on the Mark Records label features music commissioned and premiered by the Lawrence Wind Ensemble. Mast taught for seven years in the public schools of Iowa and Minnesota, teaching at the elementary, middle and high school levels of instrumental music.
Mast is an elected member of the American Bandmasters Association. He is a co-founder of the Vincent Persichetti Society. He has made scholarly contributions to The Instrumentalist, Journal of Band Research, the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series and The Annals of Iowa.
