Dr. Andrew Lynge has served as the Percussion Area Coordinator at The University of Alabama since 2019. He leads the internationally acclaimed UA Percussion Ensemble, winners of the 2020 and 2024 PAS International Percussion Ensemble Competitions, the highest honor a university percussion ensemble receives. The UA Percussion Ensemble performed Showcase Concerts at the 2021 and 2024 Percussion Arts Society International Conventions. The UA Percussion Ensemble’s debut album, Fear/Release, was released in 2024 on the Equilibrium Recording Label and includes works by Akiho, Reid, Muhly, Peruzzolo-Vieira, Curtis, and Psathas.

As an international percussionist, Dr. Lynge has performed and presented in countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Italy, South Korea, and Thailand. He was a concerto soloist with the Dallas Winds at the 2021 Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic and has performed at five Percussive Arts Society International Conventions, both as a soloist and ensemble musician. He was a featured artist at the 16th, 18th, and 20th Patagonia International Percussion Festivals in General Roca, Argentina; the 2019 and 2021 World Percussion Movement in Bari, Italy; the 2019 Percussion Seminar at Universidade Estadual de Campinas in Campinas, Brazil; the 2022 JeJu International Brass and Percussion Festival in JeJu, South Korea; and the 2nd International Thailand International Percussion Festival in Bangkok, Thailand.

Dr. Lynge is a founding member of Epoch Percussion, a percussion quartet that has gained a national reputation as concerto soloists with top wind bands in the United States. With over a dozen concerto performances, Epoch Percussion has been featured soloists with the Dallas Winds, The University of Texas at Austin Wind Ensemble, The University of Alabama Wind Ensemble, Columbus State University Wind Ensemble, Kennesaw State University Wind Ensemble, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts Wind Ensemble, and the World Youth Wind Symphony at the Interlochen Arts Camp. They premiered the wind ensemble arrangement of Orbital by John Psathas with the Dallas Winds and The University of Texas Wind Ensemble in 2023. Tim Diovanni, from The Dallas Morning News, states, “The Epoch Percussion Quartet, made up of Cory Fica, Nigel Fernandez, Oni Lara, and Andrew Lynge, combined rhythmic precision with nonstop energy.”

Dr. Lynge is an artist and clinician for Innovative Percussion, Pearl/Adams Percussion, Zildjian, REMO, and Black Swamp Percussion.