Andrew Duncan was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1962. After learning to play the Trombone at Primary school he joined local brass bands playing the Trombone, Euphonium and then Tuba. He then went on to study music at Napier University in Edinburgh and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London

   1984 he became Principal Tuba with the Hallé Orchestra, a post he held until 2000. During this time he travelled the world, as well as playing with most of the major British orchestras and with London Brass, Andrew was for a member of Hallé Brass. He has held a number prestigious appointments as Professor of Tuba

   1995, he started an MA course in composition at Salford University and It was during this time he began to write and arrange for brass bands. His success in this field has won him a number of prizes.

    In 2001 he & his family moved to Stornoway in the Isle of Lewis in Scotland where he works as a freelance composer/arranger and conductor and runs the Lewis Music Press.