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Andrew Rozbicki is a Polish-Canadian conductor and music educator based in Canada. He is the founder and artistic director of Celebrity Symphony Orchestra. He teaches at Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School.

Rozbicki has been a guest conductor of the New York Festival Symphony Orchestra, and has conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He has also worked with several choirs in Canada, including Harfa, Symfonia and Polonia Singers.

Early life and education
Rozbicki was born and raised in Lidzbark Warminski, Poland. He graduated from the Frederic Chopin Academy of Music with Master's degree in Musical Pedagogy in 1976 and a Master's degree in Instrumental Music in 1977. Subsequently, he went to the Maastricht Conservatory in Holland where he studied with Sef Pijpers and later studied at the Michigan State University.

Career
In 1977, Rozbicki was appointed as the conductor of two ochestras, Z.M. Ursus in Warsaw and the Glassworks in Womlin. Later he started conducting the Polish Ochestra, which received second and third prize at the World Music Competition in 1981 under Robizcki's direction. In 1983, Rozbicki received the second prize at the Janitsjarfestivalen Competition in Hamar, Norway.

Rozbicki was the bassoon player and conductor of Bremen Symphony Ochestra and Music Director Westerstede Stadtorchester in Germany from 1984 to 1995. In 1985, Rozbicki moved to Canada and began working in teaching music. For his work in introducing Polish music to Canada, he received the Merit of Polish Culture medal in 1991.

In 1994, he founded the Celebrity Symphony Ochestra and became its artistic director and conductor. The orchestra has presented many musical spectacles such as “Ludzmierz Vespers”, “The Polish Tenors”, “Golden Voices”, “Kilar the Best”, “Kiepura Gala”, “Polish Rhapsody”, “Polish Heart”, “Viva Carnival”, and “Chopin and guests”. The Markowski Foundation in Canada recognized him in 1996 as The Man of the Year in Canada. In 1998, when Rozbicki was directing the Polania Singers choir, it received three first place honors and Rozbicki himself was recognized as the Best Choir Director at the forty-fifth convention and competitions of Polish Singers Alliance in America. The same year, he was named an Honorary Member and Artistic Director of the Polish Singers Alliance of America.

In 1999, Rozbicki was awarded Senate of Canada Award of Merit and in 2000 Mayor’s Toronto Millennium Award. In August, he was a conductor of the final gala concert at XXIX Jan Kiepura’s Festival Krynica in Poland. In March 2006 Rozbicki was awarded Knight’s Order of Polonia Restitut by President Republic of Poland and Gold Honorary Award by Polish Congress in Canada. The next year, he received Doctor of Musical Arts degree in from Krakow Music Academy.

In October 2011, the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage awarded Robizcki the Gloria Artis. In 2012, he created a Music and History course with the Toronto Catholic District Board of Education whereby he takes a performing group of approximately 30 students every year for three weeks to a different part of Europe. The next year, he worked on promoting Canadian music in Poland, performing two concerts under the patronage of the Canadian Ambassador to Poland.

He is a teacher at Toronto’s Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton High School. He has guest conducted the Teatr Muzyczny Orchestra, Pomerania Philharmonic Orchestra and Warminska Philharmonic Orchestra.

Awards and honors

 * 1983 - Second prize at the Janitsjarfestivalen Competition
 * 1991 - Merit of Polish Culture medal
 * 1996 - Man of the Year by The Markowski Foundation
 * 1999 - Senate of Canada Award of Merit
 * 2000 - Mayor’s Toronto Millennium Award.
 * 2001 - Gold Combatants Award by Polish Combatants
 * 2003 - Polish Community Entertainer of the Year
 * 2006 - Knight’s Order of Polonia Restitut by President Republic of Poland
 * 2006 - Gold Honorary Award by Polish Congress in Canada
 * 2006 - OISE Award by University of Toronto (OISE)
 * 2011 - Gloria Artis by Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage