Music Director

Recognized by distinctive programming and a charismatic conducting style, Andrew Heath is Music Director of Mystic Brass Ensemble, Lecturer of Music and band director at Saint Anselm College, and Chair of Fine Arts at Lowell Catholic High School, where he is also Director of Bands and Choir. Since MBE’s inception, he has championed the pursuit of excellence in advanced repertoire for community musicians, including credits as both conductor and arranger for MBE’s Finalist recognition for The American Prize in Music. His direction of the ensemble on Richard Strauss’s brass choir compositions led to an EP release in 2025, the first time the set had been commercially recorded since 1988.

​

Additional conducting appearances have included the Dedham Community Band and the Brookline Symphony winds and brass, and he has served as brass instruments specialist with the Arlington, Tri-Town, and Wakefield schools. During his time with the Wakefield marching band, Andrew led the brass section to two consecutive Bands of America finals placements, and several consecutive platinum medals at New England Scholastic Band Association championships.

​

Andrew joined the trumpet section of the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra in 2019 and the Cape Ann Symphony in 2025. He has performed throughout the east with orchestras such as the Canton Symphony, New World Symphony, Glens Falls Symphony, and Philharmonia Boston, and was an Aspen Music Festival trumpet fellow in 2018. Andrew holds degrees in music performance from Carnegie Mellon University and New England Conservatory, and a Graduate Certificate in Conducting from Messiah University. He lives in East Arlington with a growing collection of trumpets.