Andrew Pergiovanni

Who is Andrew Pergiovanni?

Andrew Joseph Pergiovanni is an American composer currently pursuing graduate degrees at the Hartt School of Music in West Hartford, Connecticut. He has written in the "modern classical" and "popular" idioms. Some works of both styles are available on the iTunes music store.

While an undergraduate at Wesleyan University, he studied composition with Neely Bruce and Angel Gil-Ordoñez. His senior project was to compose and produce three original pieces in the pop style. After presenting the pieces in May 2007, he worked on them further to be able to release a small album titled after the first track, Setting Sun. While pursuing music education at Central Connecticut State University, he studied composition with Charles Menoche and Brian Kershner. After deciding to pursue composition full-time, he was admitted to the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford. He has studied with Robert Carl, Tawnie Olson, Ken Steen and currently with David Macbride. His piece Asylum Cafeteria for string quartet was recently premiered at the Hartt School.