BIOGRAPHY

Born and raised in Alaska and based in Brooklyn, Andie Tanning is a dynamic multi-instrumentalist whose work spans Broadway, experimental theater, and classical music. A versatile performer, Andie performs on violin, viola, mandolin, bass, banjo, and also lends her voice to a wide array of projects.

Andie’s passion for storytelling and nurturing relationships shapes her approach to art making, where openness and risk taking are at the core. In the world of experimental theater, she has toured extensively across the U.S. and Europe with the renowned New York City Players and performed with the avant-garde collective Object Collection.

Her television and Off-Broadway credits include The Gilded Age, Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and The Snow Child at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., while her Broadway appearances feature celebrated productions Oklahoma!, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Some Like it Hot, Merrily We Roll Along, and Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club.

Deeply committed to her Alaskan roots, Andie co-founded the Corvus New Music Ensemble and serves as co-director of Wild Shore New Music, bringing contemporary and classical music to a wide array of communities across Alaska. In New York City, she regularly works with Pulitzer Prize nominated composer Mary Kouyoumdjian, having premiered numerous solo and chamber pieces of hers since 2010. Andie is one half of a creative duo with guitarist James Moore, and was a founding member of ensembles Transit and Redshift. Such projects have fostered many deep and meaningful collaborations with myriad composers and performing artists.

As a member of the Harrisburg Symphony and the Silvana String Quartet, she continues to expand her artistic reach, balancing classical precision with adventurous experimentation.

Andie studied at Carnegie Mellon University with the esteemed Andres Cardenes and later at New York University with Arturo Delmoni, where she honed her craft and deepened her commitment to artistic integrity and exploration.

“An indefatigable MVP in an expansive network of musical adventurers.” - National Sawdust Log

"The best joining of human and machine since RoboCop" - I Care If You Listen

"Model new-music citizen" -The New York Times

“Right 99% of the time” - Richard Maxwell