Andrew Tweed

Andy was born and grew up in Northern Ireland.  He studied clarinet and saxophone at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in the late 1980s with Ruth McDowell and Jan Steele. He joined Saxtet while still at music college and over its eighteen year life it became one the UK’s leading saxophone groups performing all over the world with their unique repertoire of their own compositions and arrangements. 

Andy continues to play as a freelance musician in both jazz and classical settings. For many years, he has worked in the show circuit on the West End playing all the saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet and flute.

He is a regular member of the Piccadilly Dance Orchestra and Karen Street’s Streetworks and Carismático Tango. Recent recordings include the the Pinewood Saxophone Quartet with Kyle Horch and the Delta Saxophone Quartet.

Some of his performing credits include; Flotilla (with Kyle Horch), Mike Westbrook (various projects), Pasadena Roof Orchestra, The Philharmonia, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and Chris Dean’s Syd Lawrence Orchestra.

Andy is particularly highly regarded as a saxophone teacher and coach in the UK.  As well as thirty years’ experience at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire he was the lead saxophone teacher at Wells Cathedral School one the UK’s four specialist music schools for 11-18 year olds for sixteen years. He has given masterclasses and workshops at Royal College of Music, Trinity Laban, Leeds College of Music, Chetham’s School of Music, Dublin Institute of Technology - Conservatory of Music, Aldeburgh Young Musicians and various British Saxophone Congresses. 

Every summer teaches on the European Youth Summer Music course and in the autumn at the Cape Cornwall Saxophone Course.

Additionally he records and produces music for TV and Film in collaboration with his partner Karen Street.

He is a Yamaha Artist.