No stranger to the works of Vaughn Williams, Andrew has performed the Five Mystical Songs for the Peterborough Singers as well as the Fantasia on Christmas Carols for the Northumberland Symphony. For Hamilton’s Redeemer College Choir he sang Jean Gilles Requiem. As for the works of Beethoven, he has performed the 9th Symphony with the Brantford Symphony and the Mass in C most recently with Sarnia’s International Symphony. He has performed Howard Goodal’s Eternal Light Requiem for the McMaster Concert Choir.  His most recent performance of  Mendelsohn’s Elijah was with the Georgian Bay Concert Choir.

On the operatic stage Tees has performed the title role in the Nozze di Figaro for many companies including Opera Ontario and Pacific Opera Victoria. The swarthy baritone made a seductive Don Giovanni for Ottawa’s Opera Lyra.  He debuted for Edmonton Opera as Silvio in Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci.  He sang a robust Escamillo for Manitoba Opera.  Andrew was a moving Sonora for Vancouver Opera in La Fanciulla del West.  He was given top vocal honours by Opera Canada for his portrayal of Marcello in Opera York’s La Boheme.  He sang a charming Danilo for Orchestra London’s Merry Widow. For Zweigroschen Oper in Germany Andrew made a vengeful Monterone in Rigoletto. Andrew debuted with Opera York as Rossini’s Figaro, since then he has returned to sing many roles including Don Giovanni, Mozart’s Figaro, Escamillo, Gianni Schicchi. For Toronto’s Opera by Request Andrew has performed Golaud in Pelleas et Melisande as well as Wotan in Rheingold, Die Walkure & Siegfried. A frequent guest of Maritime Concert Opera his roles for them include Rigolettto (Rigoletto)Scarpia (Tosca), Marcello (Boheme), Escamillo (Carmen),  Germont  (Traviata),  Tonio in Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci.  For the Canadian Opera Company he won praise for his portrayal of  Tarquinius (Rape of Lucretia) Donald in Billy Budd, Sonora in La Fanciulla del West, as well as Fiorello in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. With the COC Ensemble he sang Papageno in their Magic Flute tour and Peter in their Hansel and Gretel tour.

No stranger to debuting new works, Tees has premiered Ian McAndrew’s Cassandra for Amphion Opera.  He sang the role of the unprincipled Oil Executive Walter Swenson in Isa Suarez’ Carpe Diem for Bravo Television.  He played Gandalf in Dean Burry’s The Hobbit with the Canadian Children’s Opera Chorus. For the Stratford Summer Music Festival he depicted a tyrannical Claudius in the Premier of Mark Richard’s Hamlet.  He was a Madrigalist in Henze’s Venus und Adonis for the Canadian Opera Company, a role he repeated at Amsterdam’s Concertgebou.  He made a sympathetic Stash in the North American premiere of And the Rat Laughed by Israeli composer Ella Milch-Sheriff.

Andrew won rave reviews for his portrayal of Tevye in Westben Festival’s Fiddler on the Roof.  Andrew played Old Bill in Rogers and Hammerstein with Hart for Hamilton’s Theatre Aquarius.  He was a slightly dim Karl Magnus for Second Company’s A Little Night Music. He was a swashbuckling Pirate King for Cleveland Opera Andrew was seen as Private Willis in Toronto Operetta Theatre’s Iolanthe.  His other Gilbert and Sullivan roles include Pooh bah (Mikado) and Giuseppe (The Gondoliers) both for Montreal’s Savoy Society.   For Ensemble Tryptych Andrew has sung tributes to the music of Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Stephen Sondheim. Other theatrical roles include Sky Masterson (Guys and Dolls) Lun Tha (The King and I) Maximillian (Candide).  For Bravo Television he recorded an Evening with Cole Porter.  His film credits include John Masterson in Film 4’s True Blue and Polar Bear in Masato Harada’s Rowing Through. Andrew has voiced the title character of Maple the Magic Moose

A natural on the pops stage, Andrew has sung with the Toronto Symphony, the National Arts Center Orchestra, Canadian Opera Company’s Orchestra, Windsor Symphony, Oakville Symphony, Thunder Bay Symphony, Hamilton Philharmonic, Oshawa Symphony, and Guelph Symphony to name but a few.