Andrew Chybowski

About Andrew Chybowski

Andrew D. Chybowski is an Associate Professor in the Pittsburg State University Department of Music, where he conducts the wind ensemble and teaches music education courses and conducting at the undergraduate and graduate level.

Chybowski has earned a Doctor of Music degree in Wind Conducting at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he served as an Associate Instructor in the Department of Bands. He also holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from VanderCook College of Music and a Master of Music in Wind Conducting degree from Missouri State University.

Prior to his appointment at Pittsburg State University, Chybowski taught in public schools for eight years, including serving as head director at Palestine High School in Palestine, Texas. He is active as a conductor, clinician, and adjudicator, and has years of experience performing in professional and civic wind bands and chamber ensembles in the Chicago area as a saxophone player.

Chybowski’s research interests include the wind music of Joseph Schwantner, the development of wind band repertoire in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and conducting pedagogy; especially relating score study to gesture and the rehearsal process.

Chybowski holds professional memberships in the College Band Directors National Association, the Kansas Music Educators Association, the Conductor’s Guild, the National Association for Music Education, and is an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi.

Education

D.M., Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.

M.M., Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, U.S.A.

B.M.E., Vandercook College of Music, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.