Dwight Douglas Andrews
- Composer
- Music Department
- Visual Effects
A multi-talented composer, musician, educator, and minister, Andrews is
a native of Detroit, Michigan. He received his Bachelor's and Master's
degrees in music from the University of Michigan. Continuing his
studies at Yale University, he earned a Master of Divinity degree and a
Ph.D. in Music Theory. While at Yale, he began a musical association
with the prestigious Yale Repertory Theatre under Lloyd Richards (the only
Black professor that has a department chair named for him) who had a
long association with playright August Wilson. Andrews' association with
Wilson began at Yale. He went on to serve as musical director for
Wilson's plays and productions of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom", "Joe
Turner's Come and Gone", "The Piano Lesson", and "Seven Guitars".
Additionally, he has served as a multi-instrumentalist for numerous
Jazz musicians that include Anthony Braxton, James Newton, and Geri Allen. He
bears the distinction of being named the first Quincy Jones Visiting
Professor of African American Music at Harvard University in 1997. He
has been the recipient of a Pew Trust/TCG Artist Residency Fellowship
and a Mellon Fellowship. He served as Artistic Director of the Atlanta,
GA-based National Black Arts Festival from 1996-1998. He is a Resident
Artist at the Alliance Theatre of Atlanta and serves as Associate
Professor of Music History and Jazz History at Emory University, a
position he has held since 1987.