Andrew Robert Munn

The American bass and cultural organizer Andrew Robert Munn was born in Palo Alto, California in 1986. He pursued a bachelors degree in voice at the University of Michigan, where he studied with George Shirley and Stephen West. A political and ecological awakening in 2007 led Andrew to dedicate himself to the movement for climate justice. Until 2014, he lived in the Appalachian mountains, working as a leading organizer in a constellation of community resistance to mountaintop removal coal mining. A love of singing, and a desire to explore and reflect upon questions of ecology, history, and power in the artistic sphere brought Andrew back to the singer’s path. He honed his craft under the mentorship of Dawn Upshaw and Sanford Sylvan at the Bard Graduate Vocal Arts Program (MM 2016) and Th