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As an increasingly active baroque violist, Andrew has performed with Grand Harmonie, Les Bostonnades, Musicians of the Old Post Road, Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, Musica Angelica, and San Diego Baroque Soloists, and is an alumnus the Tafelmusik Winter Institute (Toronto), the American Bach Soloists Academy (San Francisco) and the International Baroque Institute at Longy (Cambridge, MA). Having relocated to San Diego at the end of 2015, he is currently a teaching artist in the San Diego Youth Symphony’s Community Opus Project, and at SDSU’s Community Music School.

At USC, he serves the Thornton School of Music by curating collections of books, scores, and recordings which (in addition to reference and bibliographic instruction) support the scholarly and performing activities of students and faculty. He also oversees the Music Library’s archival collections of primary source materials, including names such as Igor Stravinsky, Harry James, Miklós Rózsa, Ingolf Dahl, Robert Linn, and more.

Aside from membership and service to the Music Library Association, International Association of Music Libraries, and Association of Recorded Sound Collections, Mr. Justice also regularly teaches graduate music research courses and a seminar on the history of sound recordings. Outside of academia, he maintains a professional career as a baroque violist and has performed with Musica Angelica, the Victoria Bach Festival, Dallas Bach Society, Denton Bach Society (co-founder and artistic director of the Denton Bach Players), Orchestra of New Spain, Tempesta di Mare Baroque Orchestra, and New York State Baroque.

As an ensemble musician, she is a founding member, harpsichordist, and organist with San Diego Baroque. This collaborative ensemble was created due to members' enthusiasm and expertise in Baroque music. They are the only San Diego-based instrumental ensemble featuring period instruments and local musicians, presenting Baroque music on period-style instruments. Additionally, as an orchestral musician, she regularly performs with the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra and the California Chamber Orchestra.

Dr. Luedecke delights in playing solo and collaborative concerts and has performed across the US, in France—twice at Notre Dame de Paris before the fire—Canada, Mexico, and Germany. Concert programs are carefully crafted to showcase the strengths of each organ while being tailored to each audience.

Her church music ministry has included positions as Director of Liturgical Music for the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Rochester, New York, and San Diego, at both the cathedral and parish levels. Currently, she serves as Director of Sacred Music for the Founders Covenant Foundation and is the Organist/Choir Director at the Church of the Nativity, Rancho Santa Fe, where she directs a professional vocal quartet and the children’s choirs. She is overseeing the construction of a new pipe organ by Casavant Freres, scheduled for installation in May 2025.As a teacher, Dr. Luedecke strives to provide a nurturing learning environment to help students fully expand their musical gifts and skills.

In her free time, she enjoys warm-water snorkeling, cooking, traveling, spending quality time with family and friends, and exercising.

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J.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion continues to inspire listeners and musicians alike, nearly 300 years after its composition; this video explores some of the reasons for the oratorio's enduring impact, in anticipation of Musica Angelica's 2025 performances.

If your choir or organization is performing repertoire from the Renaissance or Baroque and you would like to include historical instruments, please contact info@musicaangelica.org for a quote.