Andrew Ginzel is an award-winning historical musicologist, educator, and multi-instrumentalist based in San Diego, California. He has taught Music History and Music Composition courses at San Diego State University and Point Loma Nazarene University.

His research examines how 20th-century rock and folk traditions influenced the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s and its impact on American identity and contemporary cultural memory.

Andrew received an M.A. in Critical Studies in Music from San Diego State University (2025) where he was selected by the faculty as an Outstanding Graduate from the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts and received the University’s Presidential Seal Medallion. He was also selected as the Outstanding Graduate Student from the School of Music and Dance. He holds a B.A. in Commercial Music Composition from Point Loma Nazarene University (2022).

Andrew is a member of the American Musicological Society, the Society for American Music, The College Music Society, and the MIDI Association. He is an active member of BMI and was a Student Ambassador for The Mechanical Licensing Collective.