Meet Andrew Fierova, USC Symphony Principal Horn

Andrew Fierova is a native of Spartanburg, SC, where he began his horn studies in the Spartanburg District 6 public school system.  He is currently studying at the University of South Carolina with Robert Pruzin.  Other teachers have included Richard Deane and Dr. John Ericson at the Brevard Summer Institute, Eli Epstein at the Boston Conservatory, and Anneka Zuehlke, principal horn of the Greenville Symphony and Spartanburg Philharmonic.  At the USC School of Music, he is the current principal horn in the Symphony Orchestra and the Wind Ensemble, a member of the MTNA award winning Syzygy Wind Quintet, and a member of both the Sinfonia and Carolina Horn Quartets.  In January of 2010, he was selected as a winner of the USC School of Music Concerto/Aria Competition.  Mr. Fierova currently performs with the South Carolina Philharmonic, Symphony Orchestra Augusta, Spartanburg Philharmonic, Beaufort Orchestra, and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival Orchestra.  He has performed with the Converse College Wind Ensemble, Symphony, and Opera Company and the Columbia College Wind Ensemble.  Throughout his college career he has had the privilege to be a private lesson instructor and marching band technician at Sumter High School and has enjoyed teaching the promising students from across the state of South Carolina. Andrew is a member of the Carolina Horn Quartet. Check them out at: www.carolinahornquartet.com. Their helping horns project is designed to raise funds for arts programs in South Carolina. See how you can be invovled: http://www.carolinahornquartet.com/helping_horns.htm.