- Andrea -

Cellist

​Andrea has been the Director of the Orchestra, Piano & IB Music at James Island Charter High School since 2007. The Piano program was established in 2008 and has grown to be the largest, most successful non-magnet Piano program in the tri-county area. The Orchestra Program most recently received a straight Superior rating at the 2018 SC State Music Performance Assessment. She spent 9 years teaching Chorus at JICHS from 2007-2017 and saw enrollment more than triple under her direction. Her Piano and Strings students perform regularly in and around the community. Andrea was Co-Chair of the Leadership Team for the 2017-18 school year and Fine Arts Chair for JICHS from 2015-2018.  She has been a finalist several times for Teacher of the Year at JICHS. She was a panelist for the Patriots Point Science Café Program to speak about “Science Behind Music, Math and Messages” in the Spring of 2018 to veteran teachers in CCSD. 

A native of Miami, Florida, she has her Masters Degree in Music Education from the University of South Carolina where she was the Graduate Assistant of the USC String  Project. Andrea earned a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education with a double-principal in piano and cello from the University of Miami. She has studied cello with Dr. Robert Jesselson, Natalia Khoma, and Ross Harbaugh. She has studied piano with    the late Dr. Teresa Escandon and Celia Rodriguez. Andrea is a graduate of Dutch Fork High School in Irmo, SC.

Andrea is currently active in MENC Orchestra & Piano Associations and a member of the Lambda Kappa Psi Music Honors Society. Including the JICHS Curriculum, Andrea has taught IB Music, middle school Chorus, Orchestra, and Guitar as well as Elementary Strings and General Music in her more than 16 years as a music educator.  Although the successes are many, Andrea’s main goal is to instill a love for music to her students and to become life-long appreciators of the performing arts.​

​Andrea appears as featured solo cellist throughout the Charleston area in a multitude of settings and is known for her classical-style playing as well as her ability to improvise in a less standard setting. Most recently, she was a featured cello soloist for the 2018 SC ACDA SSA choir through her work with Lowcountry Pianist, Inc. Andrea has been the Guest Conductor for the Beaufort and Berkeley All County Middle School Orchestra as well as being selected several times as the Large Cello Choir clinician for the SC Cello Choir event held at USC and the College of Charleston. Andrea has served as an adjudicator at several orchestra festivals as well.Andrea currently is a member James Island Presbyterian Church where she volunteers her time and performs as an Alto in the Chancel Choir and plays as cello soloist often. She recently married John Andrea of Charleston, SC in the summer of 2017.

Andrea's Sample Song List


​Note: This is not a comprehensive list. Many selections available upon request. 
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BROADWAY & FILM
A Time for Us- Romeo & Juliet
 All I Ask of You - Phantom of the Opera
Can You Feel the Love Tonight? - The Lion King
Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man of Mine-  Showboat
Love Story Theme - Love Story
Make Believe- Show Boat
Moon River - Breakfast at Tiffany’s
My Funny Valentine - Babes in Arms
 Rainbow Connection- Muppet Movie
Some Enchanted Evening - South Pacific
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - The Wizard of OZ
That’s Amore- The Caddy
Till There was You- The Music Man
You’ll Never Walk Alone- Carousel

CLASSICAL  
Air from (Water Music) - Handel
Air on the G String - Bach
Arioso- J.S. Bach
Autumn from the Four Seasons – Vivaldi
Ave Verum Corpus – Mozart
Canon in D - Pachelbel
Cello Suite Numbers I, II, and II – J.S. Bach
Clair de Lune (Abridged) - Debussy
Flower Duet – Delibes
Hornpipe (from Water Music) - Handel
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - Bach
Largo - Handel
Largo from Winter of The Four Seasons – Vivaldi
Le Rejuissance – Hansel
Meditation from Thais – Massenet
Ode to Joy – Beethoven
Rondeau – Mouret
Spring, from the Four Seasons – Vivaldi
The Swan - Camille Saint-Saens
Traumerei – Schumann
Trumpet Tune – Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary – Clarke
Wedding March (Traditional “Here Comes the Bride”) - Wagner
Wedding March (Traditional Bridal Recessional) – Mendelssohn

JAZZ
All of Me - Dean Martin
Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
Call Me Irresponsible - Frank Sinatra
Come Fly with Me - Frank Sinatra
Fly me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
I’ll Be Seeing You - Billie Holiday 
I’ve Got My Love to Keep me Warm - Tony Bennett
I’ve Got You Under my Skin - Frank Sinatra
More - Frank Sinatra
Strangers in the Night – Frank Sinatra
That’s Amore - Dean Martin
The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra
Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
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OLDIES
All My Loving - The Beatles
Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Close to You - The Carpenters
Dream a Little Dream of Me - The Mamas and the Papas
Let Me Call You Sweetheart - Bing Crosby
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
What a Wonderful World  - Louis Armstrong
What the World Needs Now - Jackie Deshannon

POP / ROCK
All of Me - John Legend
 A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve/Rolling Stones
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Home – Magnetic Zeros
In My Life – The Beatles
I’ll Be - Edwin McCain
Let It Be Me - Ray LaMontagne
Marry Me - Train
Something – The Beatles
Wonderful Tonight  - Eric Clapton

SACRED 
Amazing Grace
Ave Maria - Charles Gounod
Ave Maria - Schubert
Be Thou My Vision
Panis Angelicus (O Lord Most Holy) - Cesar Franck
Take My Life and Let It Be

*Many Traditional Hymn Options Available by Request

TRADITIONAL
Ashokan Farewell – Ungar
La Vie en Rose (French) - Édith Piaf

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