Andrew Glendening is the Dean of the School of Music at the University of Redlands in California. A native of Logansport, Indiana, he earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Trombone Performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music before attending Indiana University where he was awarded the school’s highest honor: the Performer's Certificate. He also earned a Master of Music degree and was the first ever to receive the Doctor of Music degree in Trombone Performance from the Indiana University School of Music. He studied trombone with M. Dee Stewart, Per Brevig, Thomas Cramer, and Frank Crissafulli.

Prior to becoming Dean at Redlands, Dr. Glendening was Chair of the Department of Music at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. He has also served on the faculties of Morehead State University and Northeastern Illinois University. Dr. Glendening has presented clinics, recitals and lectures at numerous colleges, and universities including the Eastman School of Music, the Oberlin Conservatory, the Universities of North Texas, California at Berkeley, Louisville, Western Illinois, and Illinois, as well as Indiana University. Workshops and festival highlights include the International Trombone Workshop, International Trombone Festival, Illinois Trombone Symposium and Workshop, the Eastern Trombone Workshop, June in Buffalo, Music of Our Time, Electronic Music Plus 17, and the Festival d'Rostropovich (Evian, France.)

An active innovator in inter-active music, Dr. Glendening has premiered, performed and recorded many works for computer and instruments and has lectured on inter-active applications at such institutions as the CNMAT Laboratory at UC Berkeley, CEMI at the University of North Texas and the Eastman School of Music. He is also the inventor of the “Magneto-restrictive slide position sensor” for the trombone, which allows for direct the integration of the trombone and a computer using MAX/MSP software both for performance and pedagogical study.

An active proponent of new music for the trombone, Dr. Glendening has premiered over 100 works including three concerti. In 1998 he was awarded Morehead State University's Distinguished Creative Productions Award for his solo CD is titled "Pathways: New Music for Trombone" (Mark Records.) In 1999 he premiered the wind ensemble version of Robert Parris's Trombone Concerto with the U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own." In November of 2002, Glendening was the featured performer at the 4th Annual American Music Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria.