Andrew Chybowski

About Andrew Chybowski

Andrew D. Chybowski is an Associate Professor in the Pittsburg State University Department of Music, where he conducts the Wind Ensemble and teaches music education courses and conducting at the undergraduate and graduate level. 

During his tenure in Pittsburg, Chybowski has worked to serve instrumental music students and educators at Pitt State and in school band programs throughout the region. He has founded an annual educator’s conducting workshop, co-founded the Pittsburg Community Band, and is the director of the Four State Symphonic Winds, a regional wind band comprised of music educators and students. He also maintains a very busy schedule as a clinician for honor bands, music camps, and in band programs throughout the four state area.

Under his leadership, the PSU Wind Ensemble has been invited to perform at the Kansas Music Educators Association In-Service Workshop Twice, and the Four State Symphonic Winds has been invited to perform at the Missouri Music Educators Association Conference.

Chybowski earned a Doctor of Music degree in Wind Conducting at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he served as an Associate Instructor in the Department of Bands. He also holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from VanderCook College of Music and a Master of Music in Wind Conducting degree from Missouri State University.

Prior to his appointment at Pittsburg State University, Chybowski taught in public schools in Texas and North Carolina. Chybowski’s research interests include the wind music of Joseph Schwantner, the development of wind band repertoire in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and conducting pedagogy; especially relating score study to gesture and the rehearsal process.

Chybowski holds professional memberships in the College Band Directors National Association, the Kansas Music Educators Association, the Conductor’s Guild, the National Association for Music Education, and is an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi and Phi Mu Alpha.

Education

D.M., Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.

M.M., Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, U.S.A.

B.M.E., Vandercook College of Music, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.