For more than 30 years, two-time JUNO Award winning pianist/composer Andy Milne has demonstrated boundless versatility, collaborating with dancers, film makers, authors, visual artists, poets and musicians spanning multiple genres. Milne’s career scoring for film and tv began in 2011, when he scored The Captains, followed by six additional Star Trek themed documentaries for acclaimed actor/director William Shatner.

Milne scored True North, the latest film from Emmy winning director Michele Stephenson, which recently earned him a 2026 Canadian Screen Music Award nomination. The film premiered at TIFF2025 and received its broadcast debut on PBS’s Independent Lens in 2026. This follows the success of his score for Stephenson’s episode of the CBC Television documentary series Black Life – Untold Stories which was also nominated for a Canadian Screen Music Award in 2024. Milne’s music can also be heard in the Emmy nominated Showtime series Fellow Travelers, on which he served as musical director/arranger and as a cast member.

Milne has released 13 recordings as a leader or co-leader and actively composes for orchestras and chamber ensembles. He was awarded the 2026 Commission of the Year award from Chamber Music America, honoring the piano quintet commissioned by the Banff international String Quartet Competition and premiered by Milne alongside the Isidore String Quartet. In 2026, the award-winning Elmer Iseler Singers premiered Milne’s first commissioned choral work, Try to Fly, set for chorus, piano and percussion.

Recent commissions also include The John Coltrane: Legacy for Orchestra project, as part of the Coltrane 100 celebrations. Milne was commissioned to create several orchestral arrangements, which premiered with The Toronto Symphony and saxophonist Joe Lovano in 2024. These works continue to be performed, including performances by the BBC Concert Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and The Philadelphia Orchestra.

A former student of Oscar Peterson, Milne has collaborated with a range of artists including Ralph Alessi, Ravi Coltrane, Andrew Cyrille, Sekou Sundiata, Avery Brooks, Bruce Cockburn, and Cassandra Wilson. During his early career in the 1990s, he was at the center of the M-BASE Collective as a core member of saxophonist Steve Coleman’s bands and became a distinct and respected voice at the heart of New York’s creative jazz scene. Milne is a Steinberg/Yamaha Artist and sought-after educator, currently a full-time associate professor of music at The University of Michigan and the Gala Concert Artist for the 2026 Michigan Music Teachers Association Conference. He has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Civitella Fellowship.