Andrew Sánchez found his passion for composing and conducting at an early age and began to write music ranging from small chamber ensembles to concert band and orchestra. Receiving his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Sánchez has participated in masterclasses with world renowned jazz artists such as Ellis Marsalis, Jason Marsalis, Kenny Garret, Ali Jackson, and Rufus Reid. Sánchez has written, performed, and recorded music with top jazz artists such as JD Allen, Bria Skonberg, Matt Wilson, and Melva Houston, while also writing for notable orchestras and choirs such as The Piedmont Triad Jazz Orchestra, the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, and Choral Arts Initiative. 

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In June 2023, Sánchez was selected to be a Conducting Fellow for the Choral Conducting Institute at University of Missouri - Kansas City where he rehearsed and conducted the renowned Spire Chamber Ensemble directed by Ben A. Spalding. He received one-on-one coaching from Maestro Spalding and Dr. Jennaya Robison, Artistic Director of the National Lutheran Choir. In July of 2024, Sánchez was selected to travel to Cambridge, UK to learn from several College and Sacred Music Directors at Cambridge University and perform in St. John’s Chapel and Ely Cathedral. While in Cambridge, Sánchez participated in vocal masterclasses with Wolfson College Music Director and previous voice teacher of the treble boys of King’s College Chapel Choir, Lynette Alcántara and Barnaby Smith, Artistic Director of Grammy nominated vocal ensemble, VOCES8. In June 2025, Andrew attended the Cascade Choral and Orchestral Conducting Masterclasses at Pacific Lutheran University in Parkland, Washington where he conducted the Symphony Tacoma Voices and Cascade Conducting Orchestra while receiving one-on-one coaching from Dr. Geoffrey Boers,  Music Director of Symphony Tacoma Voices and Director of Choral Activities at the University of Washington and Maestra Sarah Ioannides, Music Director of Symphony Tacoma and Director of Orchestral Activities & Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the College of Fine Arts, Boston University. In July 2025, Sánchez also attended the International Conducting Training Program at College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, OH as a Conducting Apprentice where he trained with Dr. Joe Miller and Dr. Brett Scott.

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Sánchez enjoys a career as a soloist and most recently performed Faure’s Requiem as the Baritone soloist with the Peoria Area Civic Chorale and Central Illinois Camerata in May 2024. As an Outer Banks native of North Carolina, Sánchez currently resides in Peoria, IL where he serves as the Director of Traditional Music & Worship at First United Methodist Church and Associate Music Director of the Peoria Area Civic Chorale. As an in demand multi-instrumentalist, Sánchez maintains a thriving studio where he teaches private lessons in piano, trumpet, flute, saxophone, voice, and composition. When not pursuing his musical goals, he enjoys traveling and being with his wife, Constance, their two children, Luna Belle and Atlas, and two dogs, Dexter and Butler.