Andy Waggoner was appointed Artistic Director of the Chorus in August of 2016. Since that time, the Chorus has experienced substantial growth. He served as Conductor and Artistic Director for The Collinsville Chorale in the Metro-East St. Louis for 17 seasons. Full time, he serves as Director of Worship Arts at Webster Hills United Methodist Church in Webster Groves, Missouri. Previously, he served at Concord Trinity UMC and The Gathering UMC in St. Louis, MO.

He currently serves as the Community Choir Repertoire and Resource Chair for the Southwest American Choral Director’s Association, representing Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. At the 2016 MCDA summer convention, his music colleagues in the St. Louis Suburban District voted Andy as “Outstanding District Director.”

Andy made his conducting debut at Carnegie Hall in the fall of 2011 with a Festival Choir of 250 singers and the New England Symphony Orchestra. He returned to the podium at Carnegie Hall in June of 2018, conducting premiere works by Mark Hayes. The concert featured members from the St. Louis County Community Chorus and other area choirs.  

Internationally, Andy has conducted in the Festival of Church Music at St. John’s Smith Square in London, UK and at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland.

Andy has prepared and sung in choruses for touring shows and artists, most recently for Fantasia's Christmas tour at The Stifel Theater and Josh Groban.

Under his direction, choirs have performed numerous concerts and appearances at such venues as the Cathedral Basilica, The Sheldon Concert Hall and several local churches and theatres throughout the Mid-west. Andy has prepared over 400 participants in five different residencies at Carnegie Hall in New York City. He has coordinated and prepared festival choirs and concerts in collaboration with notable composers and conductors such as Joseph Martin, Mark Hayes, Dr. Craig Jessop. Dr. Rollo Dilworth, Dr. Eph Ehly, Hal H. Hopson, Mary Lynn Lightfoot, Patti Drennan, Heather Sorenson, Joel Raney, Howard Helvey, Victor C. Johnson, Dr. John Leavitt, Greg Gilpin, Sarah McDonald and Kevin McBeth.

As a soloist and pianist, Andy has performed annual concerts at The Sheldon Concert Hall, Jazz at the Bistro and The Kranzberg Arts Center. He was the tenor soloist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra for the Holiday Pops Concerts in 2003. He has participated in over 60 shows as an actor, director, musical director, producer or conductor. He was nominated twice by Arts for Life, a St. Louis area theatre recognition guild, for his role in Jekyll and Hyde and for musically directing Suessical. In 2009, Andy was the Executive Producer of the Arts for Life Best Performance Awards at The Sheldon Concert Hall, an awards show celebrating community theater in St. Louis.

Andy has studied and taught private piano, voice, and conducting and has also lead community choral festivals. He gave a guest lecture at Webster University to undergraduate students about the importance of life-long singing. In 2010, he studied conducting with Ms. Amy Kaiser, director of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus. Andy is a member of the American Choral Director's Association, The Conductor’s Associations of Missouri and Texas, Music Educator's National Conference, National Association for Music Education and The Fellowship of United Methodist Worship Arts.

Andy is professionally represented by Talent Plus Universal.

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