Bio

Andrei Strizek is a first-year EdD student in Music Education at the University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign. He holds an assistantship at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, in the Events office, and in the School of Music Student Teaching office.

Andrei is an active performer, and is in demand as a music director and keyboardist for many musical theatre productions.

He earned his Bachelor's of Music Education from UW-Eau Claire in 2005, after studying with Dr Jerry Young, Dr Mark Heidel, Dr Randal Dickerson, and Dr Donald Patterson, and his Master's of Music Education from the University of Illinois in 2011.

He holds a wide range of interests, from musical theatre to jazz and popular music history to aesthetics, from the use of technology in education to audience development.

Please contact Andrei if you have any questions, comments or suggestions!

Read here for a full bio, or download Andrei's CV.

 

"A New World" from Songs For a New World. 16 July 2010. Lauren Tompkins, Jessica Breed, Frank Moran & Fletcher Smith, voice; Andrei Strizek, piano; Adam Jeffers, bass; Elliott Rittenberry, drums.


"On the Deck of a Spanish Sailing Ship, 1492" from Songs For a New World. 16 July 2010. Lauren Tompkins, Jessica Breed, Frank Moran & Fletcher Smith, voice; Andrei Strizek, piano; Adam Jeffers, bass; Elliott Rittenberry, drums

"I'm Not Afraid of Anything" from Songs For a New World. 16 July 2010. Lauren Tompkins, voice; Andrei Strizek, piano; Adam Jeffers, bass; Elliott Rittenberry, drums.

"Stars and the Moon" from Songs For a New World. 16 July 2010. Lauren Tompkins & Jessica Breed, voice; Andrei Strizek, piano; Adam Jeffers, bass; Elliott Rittenberry, drums. 

"Christmas Lullaby" from Songs For a New World. 16 July 2010. Lauren Tompkins, voice; Andrei Strizek, piano.


"King of the World" from Songs For a New World. 16 July 2010. Frank Moran, voice; Andrei Strizek, piano; Adam Jeffers, bass; Elliott Rittenberry, drums.

"I'd Give It All For You" from Songs For a New World. 16 July 2010. Lauren Tompkins & Fletcher Smith, voice; Andrei Strizek, piano; Adam Jeffers, bass; Elliott Rittenberry, drums.


"The Flagmaker, 1775" from Songs For a New World. 16 July 2010. Jessica Breed, voice; Andrei Strizek, piano; Adam Jeffers, bass; Elliott Rittenberry, drums.

"Flying Home" from Songs For a New World. 16 July 2010. Frank Moran, solo; Andrei Strizek, piano; Adam Jeffers, bass; Elliott Rittenberry, drums.


"Hear My Song" from Songs For a New World. 16 July 2010. Lauren Tompkins, Jessica Breed, Frank Moran & Fletcher Smith, voice; Andrei Strizek, piano; Adam Jeffers, bass; Elliott Rittenberry, drums.