Andrew O'Connor

As a performer and educator Perth-born Andrew O'Connor is versed in a wide variety of styles and genres – and for more than a decade has developed a busy freelance career encompassing opera, the concert platform, vocal chamber music, and the classroom. He appears regularly in both a solo and ensemble context with many of Australia's finest music organisations.

Andrew is a Lay Clerk with St Mary's Cathedral Choir, Sydney, was an Associate Artist with Pacific Opera in 2019, and was the winner of the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Aria Competition 2020. From 2015-2019 he was a core member of The Song Company, and in 2021 became a founding member of AVÉ – the Australian Vocal Ensemble. In 2022 he made his international debut with The VOCES8 Foundation and in 2023 was a member of the American Bach Soloists Academy in San Francisco.

In 2024 Andrew made solo debuts with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Other projects included joining Pinchgut Opera for four opera and concert programs, further recording and performance activity with AVÉ, returning to The Song Company for two projects in their 40th Anniversary Season, and concerts with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Van Diemen's Band, Castalia Vocal Consort, Bach Akademie Australia, Salut! Baroque, and more.

Andrew is an established figure on the concert platform across repertoire that spans 12th Century Europe to 21st Century Australia, with noted interpretations of Schütz, Handel and the Passions of J.S. Bach and Arvo Pärt. Professional highlights include Faure's Requiem with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Berio's Cries of London for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and Handel's Messiah with various orchestras.

His operatic experience includes more than twenty complete roles, and engagements with Opera Australia, State Opera South Australia, and five years of main stage and regional touring with West Australian Opera (2010-2014).

In an educational capacity he currently teaches at Sydney Grammar School and regularly works with organisations including Gondwana National Choirs, Moorambilla Voices, Sydney Children's Choir, St Mary's Cathedral Choir, and Perth Choral Institute.