Meet Andrew

UniA native of Spartanburg, SC, Andrew Fierova has performed throughout the United States, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, England, and Austria. Andrew currently fills the Second Horn chair in the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and has also performed with the Atlanta Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, and Charleston Symphony.

Andrew maintains a private studio of students from middle school through adult and is on faculty at Davidson College. He will also be an Artist in Residence at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts for the 2026-27 school year. He conducts a brass choir as part of the North Carolina Youth Orchestra, where he is the brass coordinator, and also founded the Brass Challenge program, an instrument-specific intensive training program that introduces beginners to all aspects of their instrument, concluding with ensemble playing.

His former students have been accepted into The Juilliard School, Curtis Institute of Music, Carnegie Mellon University, Peabody Institute, Manhattan School of Music, Indiana University, Yale University, Davidson College, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Houston, University of South Carolina, University of North Carolina Greensboro and Chapel Hill, University of Alabama, Florida State University, Duke University, Appalachian State University, University of Pennsylvania, Radford University, Winthrop University, University of New Mexico, Asbury University, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and Interlochen Arts Academy.

Andrew has had the pleasure of being a Featured Artist for the NC Horn Day, and has presented master classes at The University of Texas at Austin, University of South Carolina, Brevard Music Center, University of North Carolina Greensboro, University of North Carolina Charlotte, and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He is currently on faculty with the Carolina Youth Orchestra Summer Festival and has previously enjoyed several summers on faculty with Cannon Music Camp and Wintergreen Music Festival. Andrew holds degrees from The Juilliard School and University of South Carolina.