Andy Jackson grew up in Sidcup and as a self-taught musician was encouraged by his school music teacher to audition for music college whilst taking his A-levels. He studied recorder, composition and the piano and was lucky to study with the virtuoso Piers Adams (Red Priest) and the Baroque flautist and recorder player Rachael Moss, graduating with a BMus in Performance and a second study in Composition. During this time he became interested in the 20th century recorder repertoire and in particular improvisation. Under the influence of Douglas Finch he took part in many concerts involving audience participation and was a finalist in the Continuum Ensembles intercollegiate improvisation competition. Since the early 2000s Andy has built a career in human resources and is currently the Human Resources Director of the Behavioural Insights Team. He joined the Sine Nomine Singers in September 2017 and this is his second concert, and the first playing the recorder in a long time!