Andrew Conklin is a composer, songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist who makes music that engages with American vernacular idioms and contemporary classical practices. His music has received recognition from Pitchfork.com, the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Florida State University Biennial New Music Festival, the Society of Composers National Conference, the Lake George Music Festival, the Millay Colony for the Arts, and New Music on the Point. Andrew has toured throughout the United States and Europe as a guitarist and bassist with indie rock bands, bluegrass groups, and improvising ensembles, and earned a 2017 Grammy nomination for Best Bluegrass Recording for his work with Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands. Andrew also researches in the areas of music theory pedagogy and popular music analysis, most recently publishing an article on the music of the indie rock band Tune-Yards in the September 2019 edition of Music Theory Online.