Andrea Weber

Conductor, Prysm Strings Young Artists; Assistant Director, Summer String Session

Andrea Weber is the conductor of the Prysm Strings Young Artists division of PYOMI. She has
been working with Prysm Strings and its director, Gloria DePasquale, since 2008. As the Young
Artists conductor, Ms. Weber is passionate about teaching string students a wide range of
composers and styles. She finds joy in the moment when the students take ownership of the
ensemble, and play from the heart.

As an educator, Ms. Weber has worked with many organizations in the Philadelphia region,
including schools and community music programs alike. She has worked with Temple
University, Symphony in C, Tune Up Philly, PMAY Artists’ Initiative. She currently works with
the Musicopia String Orchestra, and runs a variety of ensembles at the Friends Select School in
Center City. Additionally, she leads a private studio, which has seen students graduate to
performance programs at Temple University and Ithaca College.

Ms. Weber is a cellist and graduate of the Eastman School of Music and the Esther Boyer
College of Music and Dance at Temple University. She holds a B.M. and M.M. in Cello
Performance, and has studied with cellists Luís Garcia-Renart, Andrés Diaz, David Ying, Jeffrey
Solow, and Gloria DePasquale. As a young cellist Weber attended the Boston University
Tanglewood Institute and performed as soloist with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic.

Her range as a performer spans from classical music to indie and folk rock. Weber is a founding
member of the Elysium String Quartet, and has performed as a section cellist in such ensembles
as Symphony in C and the Lancaster Symphony. She regularly performs with singer-songwriters
in venues around the tri-state area, and has recorded on more than 45 records in the past decade.
Her work has aired on national and international radio.