Andrew Krikun is a PhD candidate in Music Education in the department of Music and 
Performing Arts Professions at NYU Steinhardt.
He is Assistant Professor of Music at Bergen Community College in Paramus, New Jersey. At Bergen, he teaches a variety of courses for music and non-music majors, including music business, music appreciation, music history, and songwriting. He also directs the Jazz and Pop/Rock Ensembles. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Bergen's Center for the Study of Intercultural Understanding. In 2006, he was awarded a Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Texas-National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development.
Prof. Krikun received his MA in Ethnomusicology from UCLA, researching the music of Nepal and performing with the Balinese, Javanese, Ghanaian, Ugandan, and Afro-American ensembles. He received his BA in Music from Hunter College, where he studied composition with Ruth Anderson. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Popular Music Studies, the Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, Diversity Digest, and The Beat. He has presented papers at several professional conferences, including the College Music Society and the International Association for the Study of Popular Music.
Prof. Krikun's research focuses on the historical role of the community college in popular music instruction in American higher education. He is also active in the field of community music, as a founding member of the North American Coalition for Community Music, and as music curator of the non-profit performing arts center, Riverspace Arts in Nyack, NY. In 2007-08, he was awarded a grant by the Bergen County Arts Council for the multicultural performing arts coffeehouse series, Café Bergen.
As a singer-songwriter, Prof. Krikun has maintained an active career as a performer, composer, and recording artist. His band, “Andy and the Rattlesnakes,” was a seminal force in the L.A. Punk/New Wave scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s, combining rock, R&B, reggae, jazz, and world beat to create a unique sound. A compilation CD of the band's recordings, Last Summer to Dance, was released in 2006. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Krikun joined the funk-rock band “Urban Artillery” as keyboardist and vocalist, and led the country-rock combo “Blazing Wheel,” releasing their CD, Racing Through My Heart, in 1993. He has written music for theatre and film, including the Hollywood comedy, The Shot, written and directed by Dan Bell.
Performing Arts Professions at NYU Steinhardt.He is Assistant Professor of Music at Bergen Community College in Paramus, New Jersey. At Bergen, he teaches a variety of courses for music and non-music majors, including music business, music appreciation, music history, and songwriting. He also directs the Jazz and Pop/Rock Ensembles. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Bergen's Center for the Study of Intercultural Understanding. In 2006, he was awarded a Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Texas-National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development.
Prof. Krikun received his MA in Ethnomusicology from UCLA, researching the music of Nepal and performing with the Balinese, Javanese, Ghanaian, Ugandan, and Afro-American ensembles. He received his BA in Music from Hunter College, where he studied composition with Ruth Anderson. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Popular Music Studies, the Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, Diversity Digest, and The Beat. He has presented papers at several professional conferences, including the College Music Society and the International Association for the Study of Popular Music.
Prof. Krikun's research focuses on the historical role of the community college in popular music instruction in American higher education. He is also active in the field of community music, as a founding member of the North American Coalition for Community Music, and as music curator of the non-profit performing arts center, Riverspace Arts in Nyack, NY. In 2007-08, he was awarded a grant by the Bergen County Arts Council for the multicultural performing arts coffeehouse series, Café Bergen.
As a singer-songwriter, Prof. Krikun has maintained an active career as a performer, composer, and recording artist. His band, “Andy and the Rattlesnakes,” was a seminal force in the L.A. Punk/New Wave scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s, combining rock, R&B, reggae, jazz, and world beat to create a unique sound. A compilation CD of the band's recordings, Last Summer to Dance, was released in 2006. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Krikun joined the funk-rock band “Urban Artillery” as keyboardist and vocalist, and led the country-rock combo “Blazing Wheel,” releasing their CD, Racing Through My Heart, in 1993. He has written music for theatre and film, including the Hollywood comedy, The Shot, written and directed by Dan Bell.