Praise continues to accumulate for Andrew Tees. Now a veteran of the Canadian stage, Andrew has been praised for his "rich caramel textured baritone" (Kitchener Monitor) and his "astonishing vocal and dramatic mastery" (Scena Musicale). Andrew is at home in opera, oratorio, pops and recitals

On the operatic stage Tees has performed the title role in Le Nozze di Figaro for Opera Ontario, Pacific Opera and Opera York. The swarthy baritone has proven a great success as Don Giovanni for Opera Lyra and Opera York. He has been Sylvio for Edmonton Opera's Pagliacci. He has brought down the house as Escamillo in Carmen for Manitoba Opera, Opera York and Maritime Concert Opera. He was given top vocal honours by Opera Canada for his portrayal of Marcello in Opera York's La Bohème. Andrew portrayed the Father in Hansel and Gretel first for the Canadian Opera Company's school tour and then with Opera York under the baton of Alain Trudel. He sang a charming Danilo for Orchestra London's Merry Widow. Andrew debuted with Opera York as Rossini's Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, a role he a previously understudied with the Canadian Opera Company. While a member of the Canadian Opera Company's Ensembl, Donald in Billy Budd, and Sonora in La Fanciulla del West, a role he has since repeated for Vancouver Opera. Mr. Tees' repertioire is broadening into more dramatic roles having sung Scarpia in Maritime Concert Opera's Tosca as well as Georgio Germont in Verdi's La Traviata for the same company.

No stranger to debuting new works, Andrew has premiered Ian McAndrew's Cassandra for Amphion Opera. He played the unprincipled Oil Executive Walter in Isa Suarez' Carpe Diem to be aired on Bravo Television this fall. He shared the role of Gandalf with John Fanning in Dean Burry's The Hobbit with the Canadian Children's Opera Chorus. For the Stratford Summer Music Festival he depicted a tyrannical Claudius in the Premier of Mark Richard's Hamlet. He was a Madrigalist in Henze's Venus und Adonis which he then repeated at Amsterdam's Concertgebou. This season Andrew sings Stash in the North American premiere of And the Rat Laughed by Israeli composer Ella Milch-Sheriff.

On the theatrical stage Andrew won rave reviews last season as Private Willis for Toronto Operetta Theatre's Iolanthe. Other Gilbert and Sullivan roles include a swashbuckling Pirate King in Pirates of Penzance for Cleveland Opera and Pooh Bah in The Mikado and Giuseppein The Gondoliers for Montreal's Savoy Society. Andrew played Old Bill in a production of Rogers and Hammerstein with Hart for Hamilton's Theatre Aquarius. Other roles include Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls, Lun Tha in The King and I, Maximillian in Candide and Carl Magnus in A Little Night Music. For Bravo Television he recorded An Evening with Cole Porter. His film credits include John Masterson in Film 4's True Blue and Polar Bear in Masato Harada's Rowing Through.

Andrew is a frequent guest of many choirs and symphonies singing Handel's Messiah. Last season he was praised for his portrayal of the title character in Handel's Saul. For his most recent Carmina Burana with the Great Lakes Symphony, he was reviewed with the simple WOW. He has sung Brahms Requiem for the Oakville Symphony and Toronto Choral Society. He has performed Duruflé's Requiem with Hamilton's Bach Elgar Choir and the Kingston Chamber Choir. Andew made a majestic Elijah for the Northumberland Symphony and sang a moving St. Paul for Toronto's Pax Christ Chorale. An admirer of the works of Haydn, he has performed The Creation, The Seasons, Mass in Time of War and the Lord Nelson Mass. Among his other highlights are Arvo Pärt's Passio with Toronto's Mendelssohn Choir and Christos Hatzis' Kyrie with Soundstreams Canada.

A natural on the pops stage he has sung with the Toronto Symphony under the late Erich Kunzel, Windsor Symphony, Oakville Symphony, Thunderbay Symphony, Hamilton Philharmonic, Guelph Symphony and has been a frequent guest of the Canadian Opera Company's orchestra in their Altamira outdoor concerts.