Conductor

Andrew Del Riccio – Music Director, Mosman Orchestra
Andrew Del Riccio holds degrees in performance from the NSW State Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney, in conducting from the University of British Colombia (Canada) and in Education from the University of Western Sydney. He has received scholarships that enabled him to study at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland, The Boston Conservatory, conducting master courses in the Czech Republic and in London.
Andrew has performed with many of Sydney’s leading ensembles including the Sydney Symphony and Opera Australia, as well as founding the Blues Point Brass Quintet and a heraldic trumpet ensemble. His conducting interests have led to the formation of ensembles in Australia and Canada. With the Mosman Orchestra Andrew has conducted world premieres of works by Michiel Irik and Mathew Chilmaid. More recently, he has worked with the UNSW, Lane Cove Youth, Strathfield and North Sydney Symphony Orchestras and directed concerts as an assistant conductor with the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra.
Andrew currently teaches music at Trinity Grammar School and also has a busy private teaching practice. He is also involved in scuba diving, actively researching wrecks of the New South Wales coast as a part of The Sydney Project and South Pacific Dive Club.