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Andrea Keeble is a Melbourne violinist specialising in contemporary music.

Recent tours include Silo String Quartet performed an Australian/Korean contemporary program at Carnegie Hall, New York, USA, Sept 2008, The David Chesworth Ensemble performing at the “Arenes de Montmartre” in Paris, “The Big Chill Festival”, Ledbury U.K. 2007 and in Brisbane 2008 “Restrung” Festival with the Brodsky String Quartet, and Aphids production of David Young’s “Skin Quartet” performing at Sydney Opera House, Portland (USA) TBA Festival, Brussels and Johannesburg 2005. Recording artists and performers include Renee Geyer, Mick Harvey, David Bridie and The John Butler Trio. Recent National tours include My Friend the Chocolate Cake 2005 and The Black Arm Band “murundak”2008. Andrea worked as a casual violinist for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra from 1993 - 2005.

Andrea is a member of the quintet Cosmo Cosmolino which was nominated for an ARIA Award in 2005 and her collaborative recording project Stroll received critical acclaim for its debut CD “Carnival of Lost Souls” and was a finalist in the “International Songwriting Competition” in Nashville, USA 2005.

Andrea is a sought after and influential educator in the violin string playing community in Melbourne. She was involved in the selection process of repertoire for AMEB Violin Series 7. Andrea presently is a Music Faculty staff member at Monash University, a string lecturer at the University of Melbourne and an AMEB examiner.