Andrew Munn is a bass and interdisciplinary artist. He performs and co-creates opera, chamber music, concert, and multidisciplinary art, often on themes of ecology, history, and ethics. He studied at The Juilliard School, Bard College, and University of Michigan. From 2008 to 2014, Andrew was a leading organizer for environmental justice in the coalfields of Appalachia. This engagement with intertwined processes of ecological, social, and technological change continues to inform his artistic and intellectual work.
His works have been presented by the Tanglewood Learning Institute, Shanghai Concert Hall DigiMuse Festival, Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, Volkskundemuseum Wien, Berlin Akademie der Künste, and Barenboim Said Foundation.
As a bass soloist he has performed at Carnegie Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Elbphilharmonie, and Salzburg Landestheater in repertoire ranging from bass soloist in Verdi's Requiem to world premieres by Chaya Czernowin (Heart Chamber, Deutsche Oper Berlin).
Drawn to the intimate intensity of the song repertoire, Andrew is a sought-after interpreter of Schubert's Winterreise (Tanglewood, 2026) and Shostakovich's Suite on Verses by Michelangelo (Hungarian State Opera, 2024), among other works.
On themes of ecology , voice, and music, he has been an invited lecturer and clinician at the Goethe Institute, Cornell University, Tianjin Juilliard School, Duke Kunshan University, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, and Virginia Tech among others.
