Dr. Andrew Crane joined the faculty of California State University, San Bernardino in 2005. He oversees the vocal department, teaches applied voice, and conducts the CSUSB Concert Choir and Chamber Singers. Dr. Crane also teaches courses in the music education curriculum. He was recently awarded the CSUSB College of Arts and Letters Outstanding Teaching Faculty award for 2007-2008. Additionally, Dr. Crane serves as Artistic Director of the Mountainside Master Chorale.

Under his direction, the vocal program at CSUSB has grown dramatically. Both the Concert Choir and Chamber Singers perform frequently by invitation throughout California's Inland Empire. CSUSB choral ensembles appear regularly in concert with the San Bernardino Symphony, and will join them in a performance of Stravinsky’s Mass in 2008-2009. The Chamber Singers recently returned from a performance tour to central Italy, where they sang in such venues as Rome’s Santa Maria Maggiore and the Chiesa di San Gaetano in Florence.

From 2000-2003, Dr. Crane headed the choral program at Provo High School (UT), where the choirs consistently received superior ratings. In 2003, the Concert Choir was invited to perform at the Utah chapter convention of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). He received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting from Michigan State University, and undergraduate and master's degrees from Brigham Young University.

A lyric tenor, Dr. Crane has had much experience in performing a variety of styles on the concert stage. Recent performances include the tenor solo work in Orff's Carmina Burana (Rome, Italy) and the role of the Evangelist in Bach's St. John Passion (Lansing, MI Symphony Orchestra). In California, he has appeared as a soloist with the Loma Linda Symphony, Pomona College Choir and Orchestra, Riverside Master Chorale, Redlands Chamber Music Society, Canto Bello Chorale, and other groups. Crane was a recent winner of the Redlands Bowl Young Artists Competition and the A.E.I.O.U Nunzio Crisci Opera Competition. Upcoming engagements for 2008-2009 include Bach’s Mass in B minor with the Los Angeles Bach Festival, as well as the role of Ernesto in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale.

Dr. Crane is an active member of ACDA, Music Educators National Conference, and the Southern California Vocal Association. He also serves as the collegiate representative for the San Bernardino County Music Educators Association. Dr. Crane has served as an adjudicator and guest conductor of choirs from Utah, Michigan, Oregon, Arizona, and California.