Andy Vores was born Wales and raised in England. He studied at Lancaster University with Edward Cowie. In 1986 he was a Fellow in Composition at Tanglewood, studying with Oliver Knussen. He has lived in Boston since 1990. He was Composer-in-Residence to the BankBoston Celebrity Series, from 1999 to 2001 and to the New England Philharmonic from 2002 to 2005. In 2001 he was appointed as Chair of Composition, Theory, and Music History at The Boston Conservatory. Recent premiers include No Exit (Guerilla Opera), Objects and Intervals (Brave New Works), Leif (Boston Musica Viva), Two Fabrications (BMOP), and Natural Selection (The Cantata Singers).