Anderson Rambler

• Akron Pops Orchestra Scholarship - Winner (Spring 2024) [Invited to perform at EJ Thomas Hall in Summer 2024]
• NFMC National Comstock Music Award - Winner (Spring 2024)
• NFMC Martha Marcks Mack Junior Voice Award - 2nd Place (Spring 2024)
• Schmidt Ohio 2023 - Finalist (Fall 2023)
• Ohio NATS 2023 - High School Classical Voice - 3rd Place (Fall 2023)
• Ohio Thespian Thespys - Musical Theater Solo - Superior Score of 23/24 (Highest score in Northeast Ohio) (Fall 2023)
• OMEA Solo and Ensemble - Class A - Superior Score (I) (Spring 2024)
• Cleveland Composers Guild Concert (Spring 2024): Chosen to have a new piece written for him to perform in May 2024 by the OFMC and Cleveland Composers Guild.
• Accepted to University of Michigan summer voice program Solo Classical Voice + Choral Intensive (40 high school accepted)
• Accepted to the summer voice program at the Juilliard School (10 high school students accepted)

Anderson (Andy) Rambler is a 17-year-old music scholar, dedicated and passionate about learning, studying, and performing music currently, in college, and professionally. He began singing recently when he was 14, after deciding to join the Bass Chorus of his high school. Andy is a Bass-baritone and studies classical voice with Denise Milner Howell, adjunct Professor of Voice at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He is a junior in high school, attending the Akron School for the Arts at Firestone CLC, where he sings in 4 choirs, including the Madrigals chorus, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and Symphonic Choir, where he serves as bass section leader. At Firestone, in addition to music, Andy is an auditioned student in the theatre program, where he has performed supporting and leading roles in 10 productions, plays, and musicals, in the last 3 years. Andy is an auditioned member of the Akron Symphony Orchestra Chorus, and a hired soloist at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Massillon, where he frequently performs. Recent accolades Andy has been honored to receive include winning the Akron Pops Orchestra Scholarship, receiving 2nd place in the National NFMC Martha Marcks Mack Jr. Voice Award, a Superior (I) rating in the class A category at OMEA Solo and Ensemble, a finalist at the Schmidt Classical Voice regional competition in Fall 2023, placing 3rd in the High School classical voice category in the Ohio NATS competition in Fall 2023, and was the highest placing male singer. Finally, he is premiering a piece written for him by Cleveland composer Margi Griebling-Haigh in May with the Cleveland Composers Guild, and was selected to join with 15 members of the Cleveland Chamber Choir to perform the North American premiere of the piece “ANTENNAE” by composer Aleksandra Vrebalov at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Anderson was accepted of hundreds of applicants to attend summer voice programs at the University of Michigan (40 selected high schoolers) and the Juilliard School (10 selected high schoolers), and excitedly plans to attend these programs in July 2024. Anderson’s dedication and passion for his craft and music is obvious in all of his life, and he strives to inspire and move his community with his performances.