Hi. Thanks for stopping by. I'm Andy Fitzgerald. I live in Seattle and perform as a flamenco guitarist throughout the Pacific Northwest.

I have been playing guitar for over twenty years now, though my passion for flamenco began while I was living in Europe in 2001. A trip through Andalucía opened my eyes (and ears) to this beautiful art form and my fascination with it has only increased with the passing years. Since that first visit, I have returned several times, both to study (primarily with Manuel Lozano "El Carbonero" in Jerez) and to simply to bask in the thick flamenco ambiance of southern Spain.

In Seattle I have studied with Marcos Carmona and am currently working as an accompanist for Rubina Carmona's flamenco dance classes at the American Dance Institute in Greenwood and for La Peña Flamenca de Seattle. Thanks to the Carmonas, I have had the rare opportunity to learn flamenco the way guitarists have learned it for centuries: first by taking lessons with a maestro, then by sitting in on dance classes with an accomplished accompanist, and in stages, bit by bit, learning to accompany dancers and singers on my own. It is upon this holistic foundation, informed by an understanding of the flamenco art as a whole, that I build my solo guitar playing.

The word "toque" comes from the Spanish verb meaning "to play." In flamenco, however, "Toque" encompasses much more than the playing of a particular composition; it is the playing of Flamenco as a whole. It is only recently that flamenco music has begun to be written down, to be frozen in a fixed medium. What I aspire to convey with my playing is the living, breathing Toque in its most full, vibrant, and inspiring form.