Tom Andersen has been critically acclaimed as one of New York's finest young singers of contemporary pop and standards. The romantic tenor also has won recognition as a celebrated songwriter, and his original tunes have been performed and recorded here and abroad.

Mr. Andersen has played Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall and Town Hall, and headlined at Tavern on the Green, Maxim's, the Russian Tea Room, the Algonquin and Eighty Eight's. Along the way, he received the 1993 MAC Award (from the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs) for his New York debut and a 1993 Back Stage Bistro Award for Outstanding Vocalist. In 1996, Mr. Andersen won the MAC Award for Outstanding Male Vocalist and he repeated that feat in 1999.

As a songwriter and member of ASCAP, he has had his songs performed in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Australia. Mr. Andersen's poignant AIDS ballad "Yard Sale" received the 1998 MAC Award for Song of the Year. He also has been signed to a songwriting contract by Warner Chappell Music Publishers.

As a recording artist, Mr. Andersen has released his second CD "The Journey" which is named after a new tune by Grammy winner Julie Gold. The album also features his latest works and his signature song "Storybook," from the Broadway hit "The Scarlet Pimpernel." "The Journey" won the 1999 MAC Award for Recording of the Year.

Mr. Andersen's debut CD "Far Away Places" received a 1996 MAC Award nomination for the Recording of the Year. Michael Portantiere of Theater Week/InTheater wrote: "It's a great CD. Andersen really knows how to work a love song. And his sex appeal is palpable!"

Nationally, Mr. Andersen has performed on CNBC, and he has shared the stage with Liza Minnelli, Tony Bennett, Michael Feinstein and Andrea Marcovicci. Oscar and Grammy winner Stephen Schwartz chose him to be a special guest soloist in a Bay Area concert of Schwartz' songs in 1997. Mr Andersen also starred in the long-running revue "Beach Blanket Babylon" in San Francisco and was featured in the Off-Broadway revue "Cabariety."