R. Andrew Lee, Artist-in-Residence at Avila University and doctoral candidate at the UMKC Conservatory, is an avid performer of contemporary piano music.  As such, he is actively involved in both the performance and research of minimalist and post-minimalist music and is currently helping to organize the Second International Conference on Minimalist Music.

Recent performances have included pieces such as William Duckworth’s Time Curve Preludes and Tom Johnson’s An Hour for Piano, which have been lauded by both those intimately familiar with the works and newcomers to the genre.  His lecture-recitals have also been well-received across the country, helping to encourage younger students to explore recent trends in composition.

His dissertation research concerns the effect that minimalist and post-minimalist works have on the perception of time, which has put him in contact with numerous composers both in North America and Europe.  Through these relationships he has come across a number of stunning pieces that he plans on performing, and he looks forward to meeting and working with even more composers in the coming years.