Andy Jarema (b. 1988) is a music educator, composer, and trumpet player in the metro-Detroit area. He holds degrees from Michigan State University (B.A. Music Education/Jazz Studies Minor) and Wayne State University (M.M. Music Composition). He has a decade of music teaching experience in the public schools, including four years as a middle school band director in Howell, Michigan and four years as a K-6 general music/band teacher in Warren, Michigan. He is currently a virtual music educator at the Great Bend Center for Music in Washington state developing new curriculum to teach Video Game Music, Digital Audio Production, Family Ukulele, and other virtual music courses. As a composer, he has been commissioned by the Detroit Composers Project (2018), nominated for the Detroit Music Awards (2021), and featured in the Earth Day Art Model Telematic Festival (2020-22). Andy received a Fund For Teachers fellowship in 2016 to explore the musical culture of Route 66 and has also served as an Artist-in-Residence through the National Park Service (Great Smoky Mountains in 2018 and Hawai’i Volcanoes in 2019).