Andrew Lamy

Clarinetist Andrew Lamy has consistently won critical acclaim for his smooth, colorful tone, fluid phrasing and energetic style. Mr. Lamy has appeared on international live broadcasts with the Metropolitan Opera, is a member of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the renowned Artis Quartet Vienna, the New York Philharmonic, the American Symphony Orchestra, the American Ballet Theater, the Concordia Orchestra, the Royal Opera House of London and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Lamy is Assistant Professor of Clarinet at William Paterson University and has been invited to teach at the Juilliard School, USC, Occidental College, Rutgers University, the University of Tennessee, UNC Charlotte, the University of Southern Maine, Bard College and the California Institute of the Arts.

Mr. Lamy's Irish clarinet album is the first of its kind in the world, and is regularly played, along with his original folk compositions, on the BBC, RTE and NPR. Mr. Lamy has performed many times as soloist with the six-time Grammy Award-winning Chieftains.

As a naturalist, Mr. Lamy is an experienced "ear birder", and conducts the annual census of the Morristown breeding forest bird population for the National Park Service. Andy makes unique, museum-quality bird song whistles for birders and musicians. These instruments have been featured on PBS, BBC 3 and at the Newark Museum Makers Festival.