Orchestra

Andrews Sill has traversed a vast repertoire from established masterworks to premières in his symphonic, operatic, and ballet appearances, and has been lauded for his “strong artistic abilities, musical versatility, and winning personality.” Sill is Associate Music Director of New York City Ballet and Music Director of Milwaukee Ballet.

As a guest conductor, Andrews Sill has appeared throughout the United States, Europe, South America, and Australia.  His U.S. appearances have included engagements with the National Symphony Orchestra and the Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, the Houston, San Antonio, New Mexico, Colorado Springs, Delaware, Long Beach, Charleston, and Anchorage Symphonies, as well as the Spoleto USA Festival Orchestra. Internationally, he has conducted at the Sydney Opera House, the Châtelet Theater in Paris, the Royal Danish Opera House, the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden, and the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro.  On film, Sill’s performances have been captured on “Live from Lincoln Center,” “Ballet 422,” the PBS broadcast of Michael Pink’s “Romeo and Juliet,” and Medici TV's broadcast of New York City Ballet in Madrid.

Born in New York City, Andrews Sill’s talents were discovered early, and at the age of fifteen he was accepted as a conducting and piano student at Yale University where he received his bachelor’s degree with honors. He continued his education under scholarship and fellowship awards from the Manhattan School of Music, earning his doctorate in 1987.  He is an alumnus of the Aspen Music School, the Ravel Academy, and the National Conductors Preview of the League of American Orchestras.

Before joining New York City Ballet, Andrews Sill served as Music Director of the Lubbock Symphony and the Sheboygan Symphony.  Associate Conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra from 1997 to 2001, Sill joined the MSO as Assistant Conductor in 1995. He previously held the post of Associate Conductor with the Virginia Symphony and the Florida Symphony Orchestra. He began his career as Assistant Conductor of Boston Ballet from 1988-1990.

Trained as a violinist and conductor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Indiana University, his principal teachers included Thomas Moore and Franco Gulli. Mr. Laurino move to Milwaukee in 1979 and quickly established himself as a leading musician in the area serving as concertmaster of Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, the Bel Canto Chamber Orchestra and the Skylight Opera Theater. In 1983 he made his conducting debut with Milwaukee Opera Company, which led to an invitation to conduct the popular Music Under the Stars series. Regular guest conducting appearances include the Waukesha and Racine Symphony Orchestras as well as Light Opera Works, L’Opera Piccola and several productions at the Skylight Opera Theatre. Maestro Laurino currently lives in Chicago, where he regularly plays with the Chicago Chamber Orchestra, DuPage Opera, New Philharmonic and the Northwest Indiana Symphony.