Professor Andrea Markowitz Gantte co-directs the UT Singers vocal ensemble and recently served as interim director of the UT Concert Choir. She is a founding member and co-director of Summit Choral Collective, a nonprofit community choral organization based in Knoxville, Tennessee. In addition to teaching, she arranges music for contemporary choral ensembles and performs as a collaborative pianist for the Natalie L. Haslam College of Music at the University of Tennessee, St. Mark United Methodist Church, Tennessee Valley Players, and many schools and organizations across the East Tennessee region.

Gantte previously served as Professor of Music at Walters State Community College, Director of Choral Activities at Seymour High School, and Director of Music and Worship at St. Mark United Methodist Church. She has also performed as a vocal soloist and ensemble member in Knoxville and Chattanooga-based choral ensembles.

As a Knoxville native, Gantte dreamed of attending the University of Tennessee and is a proud alumna of the UT College of Music. She holds the Master of Music degree in music education, where she was a graduate teaching assistant and taught functional piano for music education majors, and a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance, where she received the prestigious Grace Moore vocal scholarship and was offered the National Piano scholarship. Gantte graduated magna cum laude and was awarded the College of Music’s Outstanding Graduate Senior in Vocal Performance. She is a member of NAfME and ACDA.