As a music educationalist Andy has worked at every level of music education from early year’s settings to postgraduate teaching at Universities and Conservatoires. He was for many years the head of the Bristol Arts and Music Service, which he built into a leading music support service and where he pioneered the introduction of world music styles for class instrumental teaching, setting new standards in accessibility and inclusiveness. He was also the founding head of the music education hub "Bristol Plays Music" (now Bristol Beacon) as well as being the Director of the Bristol Centre for Music and the Arts. He has worked as an examiner for the Guildhall school of Music and Drama and Trinity College London and worked as a consultant and mentor for the ABRSM and RSL Awards (Rockschool) and has written study pieces and examination syllabuses for the major music examination boards. He has worked as a visiting professor at the Malaysian Music Teachers Training Collage and is an associate senior lecturer on the music PGCE courses at Bath Spa Universtity uk.