Andy Brick is an American composer most known for being the conductor of the Symphonic Game Music Concert series in Leipzig, Germany (from 2003 until 2007).
A native of suburban Chicago, Brick studied composition under Leslie Bassett at the University of Michigan. He then completed graduate studies in composition at the Mannes School of Music in Manhattan. In 1990 he arranged music for Sesame Street, and wrote scores for independent films. In 199...
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Andy Brick is an American composer most known for being the conductor of the Symphonic Game Music Concert series in Leipzig, Germany (from 2003 until 2007).
A native of suburban Chicago, Brick studied composition under Leslie Bassett at the University of Michigan. He then completed graduate studies in composition at the Mannes School of Music in Manhattan. In 1990 he arranged music for Sesame Street, and wrote scores for independent films. In 1996 he won a competition sponsored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, which allowed him to score a film and record the composition with a live orchestra in Hollywood. Having previously worked primarily with synthesized music, Mr. Brick called this '"a defining moment".
In 2003 he conducted the Czech National Symphony Orchestra in Liepzig, a venue "where Mozart and Mahler are the usual fare", in a program of game music that included his own compositions. Brick has also conducted orchestras such as the Prague Symphony...
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