Andrew Findon

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Andrew Findon trained as an orchestral flautist, as principal flute of the National Youth Orchestra in the early 1970s and 3 years at the Royal College of Music. He branched out into the London musical scene, from dance band dates (working for Nat Temple, Joe Loss, Eric Delaney & Sidney Lipton among others) to Ballet Rambert, taking in The National Theatre and the formation of the Myhra Saxophone Quartet with John Harle.^[1]

The early 1980s saw the start of his work with the "Michael Nyman Band", with whom he still tours and records, and a most enjoyable period as a member of the folk-rock band, "The Home Service", recording albums with them and appearing at leading folk festivals. He is also associated with John Wilson, in whose orchestra he plays principal flute and also sits on the baritone chair in his big band. Andy is principal flute of The National Symphony Orchestra, and works with many other chamber groups, including The Ceruti Ensemble , London Saxophonic and Saxpak.

Recent years have included work in new Andrew Lloyd Webber productions, "Whistle Down The Wind", "The Beautiful Game", for which he was named in the Sunday Times review, “Bombay Dreams” and “The Woman In White”. Other recent shows include “Sinatra At The London Palladium” and at present, “Wicked”.

Apart from his appearances on hundreds of other peoples albums, he has written and recorded for EMI’s KPM library and featured on solo Panpipe cd’s for Virgin, Crimson and Emi.

2005 saw the release of “Andy Findon –Tracked” on the “Quartz” label and his second album “When The Boat Comes In” is now available at http://www.andyfindon.com.