Guitarist and educator Andrew Marino is an ardent performer, frequently performing as part of the Marino Duo (guitar and piano) with his wife, Jessica, across New York State and Western Connecticut. Andrew has performed with dynamic chamber groups at unique concert series including performances for the Classical Guitar Society of Upstate New York, the International Day of Latin American and Iberian Art Song run by Patricia Caicedo, the Guitar Foundation of America’s Regional Symposium in New York City, the Sowebo Arts and Music Festival, and the Union Square Chamber Music Series in Baltimore, MD. He has also won prizes in both solo and chamber music competitions including Appalachian State University’s GuitarFest solo competition and the Crane School of Music’s chamber music competition.

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Andrew is a devoted teacher, currently serving on the faculty of Hoff-Barthelson Music School in Scarsdale, NY where he worked to build a substantial pre-college classical guitar program, as well serving on the faculty of Greenwich Suzuki Academy. Andrew is the Chair of District Four of the New York State Music Teachers Association. He previously served on the faculties of the International School of Music in Bethesda, MD and Cockeysville Music Education Center. He has taught group guitar classes and individual guitar lessons at the Henderson-Hopkins School in Baltimore through the Peabody Conservatory’s Preparatory Department. Andrew held a graduate teaching assistantship and taught the Guitar Methods course to both undergraduate and graduate students at the Peabody Conservatory through the Music Education Department.

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Andrew enjoys researching and lecturing on guitar pedagogy and history. He has given lectures on cognitive learning strategies at the Guitar Foundation of America’s International Convention and Competition held at the Manhattan School of Music in 2023, as well as at the New York State Music Teachers Association State Convention held at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, NY in 2022. Andrew has also given lectures on the evolving influence of Middle Eastern music on guitar repertoire from the 19th century to present-day at the Peabody Conservatory and at SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music. In March 2024 his article, "Six Cognitive Learning Strategies for Effective Classical Guitar Pedagogy," was published in Soundboard: The Journal of the Guitar Foundation of America.

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Andrew Marino holds both a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in guitar performance and a Master of Music degree in guitar performance and pedagogy from the Peabody Conservatory where he studied with renowned performer and pedagogue Julian Gray. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the State University of New York at Potsdam where he studied with Douglas Rubio. After finishing his performance degrees, Andrew returned to SUNY Potsdam to further his studies in education and earned an Advanced Graduate Certificate in College Teaching. He has also done substantial classical guitar studies with Jeremy Sparks of the Buffalo Guitar Quartet. Andrew has performed in solo master classes for Benjamin Verdery, Johannes Moller, Stephen Aron, Stanley Yates, and Jason Vieaux. He also studied baroque lute with Richard Stone of Tempesta di Mare while at Peabody. Andrew has done extensive Suzuki guitar training with MaryLou Roberts, the Chair of the ISA Guitar Committee.