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Since 2006 York has focused on composition and his solo career. York also enjoyed considerable success as a solo recording artist during his LAGQ years. The duets Virtu and Evening Dance, both from the early '90s, became quite popular, the latter reaching disc via the performance of Christopher Parkening and David Brandon. Meanwhile, he continued to both write music and appear in solo concerts. During that time he made a half-dozen or so recordings with the ensemble, most achieving good sales and critical plaudits. The following year he joined the LAGQ, remaining with the group until 2006. York's first solo album, Perfect Sky, was issued in 1989 on the Timeless Records label. Later on, Williams also played and recorded York's Lullaby. Williams played it in concert and eventually recorded it. York met guitarist John Williams at a 1986 concert in Spain given by York, and Williams was impressed with York's composition Sunburst. In his student years he had developed interest in both rock and jazz styles, but without ever abandoning classical.

He had further advanced studies in Spain. York earned a bachelor's degree in music at James Madison University in Virginia and a master's at the University of Southern California.

Young Andrew began playing the guitar at an early age, focusing on both classical and folk music. His father was a folk guitarist and his mother a singer. York's works and performances are available on a variety of major labels, including EMI, Telarc, Sony, and Delos.Īndrew York was born in Atlanta, GA, in 1958. But even for the decade-and-a-half that he was a member of the LAGQ, York also appeared as a soloist in concert, typically drawing positive critical notice both at home and at international venues. As a performer York became well known as a member of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, a group for which he wrote many compositions and arrangements, a fair number of which were recorded. His compositions typically mix classical music with folk and rock elements and have attracted some of the foremost classical guitarists in the world, including John Williams, Christopher Parkening, and David Brandon. In both realms he has deftly straddled two worlds: classical and crossover.

Andrew York has had equal success as a composer and concert guitarist.