Andrew Joslyn

Andrew Joslyn, is a Hungarian-American composer, orchestrator,film scorer, and violinist in various genres.

Joslyn was born in Pomona, California, but moved to Washington with his family when he was three and grew up on Bainbridge Island. His father is a family therapist and his mother is a Hungarian model, actress and artist. She came over to the United States after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Joslyn was raised Zen Buddhist from an early age, and both his parents run the Entsuan Zen center on Bainbridge. His half-brotherChris Kattan is a comedian who was famous for his work on and off Saturday Night Live, which he was active on from 1996–2003.

Joslyn began studying violin at the age of five, with the Suzuki string method, and grew up studying music composition and performance. Joslyn attended Bainbridge High School, graduating in 2001. Andrew received his B.A. in English Literature and Violin Performance from Western Washington University in 2005 and his Masters certificate in Music Business from the Berklee College of Music in Boston. While in college, he took part in studying contemporary music, ranging from rock, folk, fiddle, world, to hip-hop, film, and electronic musical genres.

Joslyn toured and wrote with the Pacific Northwest folk rock band Handful of Luvin’ from 2002–2010. After the release of their third album Life in Between, he left the band and started his own career as an orchestrator and composer, while working as an A&R manager at a Seattle Indie Record label.

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