Dr. Andrew Larson (B.M. - Utah State University, M.M. - Brigham Young University, D.M.A. - University of Illinois) conducts the Stetson Chorale, the Stetson Men, and teaches choral conducting, choral arranging, and choral methods. He has studied with conductors, composers, and scholars such as Will Kesling, Ronald Staheli, Mack Wilberg, Fred Stoltzfus, and Chester Alwes. He has written for the Choral Journal, and is in frequent demand as a clinician, lecturer,  and adjudicator in the Southeastern region. Larson will also join the faculty at the New York State Summer School of the Arts this year.

In Utah, he conducted the Madrigal Singers at Logan High School, the BYU Women's chorus, and the Wasatch Chorale. He is a published composer/arranger, his compositions being performed by the Vancouver Symphony and Chorus, the Chicago Children's Chorus, the Utah Valley Choral Society, USU Chamber Singers, the Utah Chamber Orchestra on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, the Stetson Singers, the Stetson Chorale, and numerous other ensembles.

He most recently studied voice with Barrington Coleman and Arden Hopkin. Other ?teachers have included Cynthia Dewey and Marta Johns. He has appeared in solo recital and as a soloist with choruses, including the University of Illinois Chorale and Musica Reservata. He has sung the roles of Neville Craven in "The Secret Garden", Ivan Stepanovich in the Russian Opera "The Music Shop", and various musical theater roles. He has taught private voice for the USU extension program, at Parkland College in Illinois, and at Stetson University. Dr. Larson is active in his church and community, including work with the Boy Scouts of America and church youth groups in Central Florida. Dr. Larson resides in DeLand with his wife and three children.

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