Andrew Surmani on Clubhouse

Bio

Andrew Surmani is President and CEO of Surmani Business Coaching.

He is also Associate Professor of Music Industry Studies and serves as the Graduate Coordinator of the Master of Arts in Music Industry Administration degree program at California State University, Northridge.

Prior to joining the Soundhouse and the CSUN faculty, Andrew worked for more than 29 years for Alfred Music, his last role as Chief Marketing Officer overseeing global sales, marketing, and product development. While at Alfred Music he helped launch some of the company’s most successful product lines.

A co-author of the best-selling series, Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory and the Copyright Handbook for Music Educators and Directors, Andrew has also published articles in educational and music industry journals and has conducted workshops on music education and industry topics throughout the world.

Andrew also works as a freelance musician, and has performed in the Montreux (Switzerland), Istanbul (Turkey), Juan-les-Pins (France), Jazz à Vienne (France), Umbria (Italy), Lake Biwa (Japan), San Sebastian (Spain), and Wigan (England) international jazz festivals. He has performed in Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.

Andrew led a band and played lead trumpet in two shows at Walt Disney World. He managed high school groups on tour to Hawaii and Japan for a music production company, World Projects. After playing trumpet at Walt Disney World, Andrew returned to southern California to complete his MBA degree and began working for Alfred Music.

Andrew was a Founding Board Member and is a Past President of the Jazz Education Network (JEN). In addition, he served on the Music Technology Advisory Board at Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), and the Technology through Music Education (TI:ME) Advisory Board.