Andy holds professional diplomas in flute performance from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools, UK and the Trinity College of Music, London. In 2002, he was the first Singaporean to be awarded the DipABRSM with Distinction in Music Direction. Andy was admitted a Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music in 2003 where he was the first conductor in the Southeast Asia region to be invited to conduct a performance at the High Scorers' Concert of the ABRSM Southeast Asia Diploma Award Ceremony 2004. In the same year, Andy was amongst the pioneer batch of band directors who has graduated from the National Institute of Education with a Specialist Diploma in Band Directing with Merit. Once again in 2006, he was the first and the only wind band conductor in the region to be admitted a Fellow of the Royal School of Music in Music Direction, the highest and most prestigious award offered by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.

Andy Sim's Profile

Andy Sim was enlisted into the Singapore Armed Forces in 1992 where he became a professional musician with the Singapore Navy Band which later was named the SAF Central Band. He was then the Head of the Examinations Department. Andy studied flute under Sandra Church, Jin Ta and Lee Kee Hoi. Concurrent to that, a study on harmony and orchestration was under the supervision of Leong Yoon Pin.

His conducting studies were on short courses with several world’s leading teachers including Luk Hoi Yu (Singapore), Dr Hardy Mertens (The Netherlands), Ito Yasuhide (Japan), Dr Robert Gifford and Dr Allan McMurray at the Southeast Missouri State University in USA, Timothy Reynish, Phillip Scott and Baldur Brönnimann at the internationally renowned Canford Summer School of Music, UK. This was also the place where Andy was given a valuable opportunity to conduct a workshop on various conducting techniques to his class of colleagues and conducted a course end concert.

Andy holds professional diplomas in flute performance from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools, UK and the Trinity College of Music, London. In 2002, he was the first Singaporean to be awarded the DipABRSM with Distinction in Music Direction. Andy was admitted a Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music in 2003 where he was the first conductor in the Southeast Asia region to be invited to conduct a performance at the High Scorers' Concert of the ABRSM Southeast Asia Diploma Award Ceremony 2004. In the same year, Andy was amongst the pioneer batch of band directors who has graduated from the National Institute of Education with a Specialist Diploma in Band Directing with Merit. Once again in 2006, he was the first and the only wind band conductor in the region to be admitted a Fellow of the Royal School of Music in Music Direction, the highest and most prestigious award offered by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.

Andy being a recipient of the prestigious World Association of Symphonic Bands and Winds Ensembles Conducting Scholarship and the Rotary Club-National Arts Council Arts Training Grant, he attended the 6th Annual “Wind Conductors’ Symposium” at the Southeast Missouri State University, USA. In 2005, he has received a conducting scholarship awarded by Timothy Reynish and for the second time, the Rotary Club-National Arts Council Arts Training Grant has given Andy the chance to return to study at the Canford Summer School of Music. In July 2005, Andy participated in the 10th International Conductors’ Contest held in Kerkrade, The Netherlands.

Andy was the co-founder of the Philharmonic Youth Winds and has guest conducted the Philharmonic Winds, Philharmonic Youth Winds and the Singapore Youth Wind Symphony. He was the past concert master of Philharmonic Winds and has led the flute sections of SAF Central Band, Singapore Wind Symphony and National Institute of Education Symphonic Band. He held appointments as resident conductor of Moulmein Wind Ensemble and Kim Seng Wind Symphony.

Since 1996, Andy has been working as a band director. Under his direction, the bands have achieved tremendous improvements in their musicianship at their annual concerts and SYF Central Judgings. In 2005, he led the St. Hilda’s Wind Orchestra to a Gold medal at the SYF Central Judging. Along with that, he has led the orchestra on successful educational trips namely, an exchange and workshop at Mahidol University in 2004 and Tenri Junior High School Band in Osaka in 2006. Andy has also led Woodgrove Symphonic Band with their debut concert named "Giovialita" to an outstanding success within a year of his directorship.
Currently, Andy is the resident conductor of Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School Concert Band, Woodgrove Secondary Symphonic Band, and St. Hilda’s Secondary School Wind Orchestra. In addition to his teachings, Andy is now pursing a degree in applied psychology.

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