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Andrew Batterham's music has been performed throughout Australia, Asia, Europe and America by professional orchestras and ensembles, community groups, schools and on TV and radio. He works frequently as a composer and arranger on corporate videos, rock albums, jazz events, school events, band music and community projects, and performs in several different fields of music.

As a young composer, Andrew Batterham attended two National Music Camps in 1987 and 1988 under the direction of Graham Hair. He went on to complete a Bachelor of Music degree (composition) at the University of Melbourne, studying with Peter Tahourdin and Brenton Broadstock. Postgraduate studies followed with Mark Pollard at the Victorian College of the Arts.

In 1994 Batterham won the Qantas Youth Award section of the Paul Lowin Prize in for his chamber work Triptych. As a result, he travelled to Los Angeles, New York and London to study in 1995. The same year he was the inaugural winner of the Queensland Philharmonic's Corbould Composition Prize for his orchestral work Thugine Legend.

In 1997 Batterham attended the Australian Composers' Orchestral Forum under the tuition of Richard Mills, where his orchestral work Cortége was premiered by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. In 1999, he received a commendation for his entry in the Albert H. Maggs Composition Award.

In 2000 he was commissioned by Symphony Australia to write a work for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He is a regular contributor to published collections, including an Ern Malley setting for Lyrebird Press. Recent art music commissions include Was Gott Tut for Southgate Lutheran Church, Melbourne, Pipe Music for Orchestra Victoria and Keep Ithaca Always in your Mind for orchestra.

Andrew Batterham is very active in the band world, composing Highwayman for the New Zealand National Brass Band championships in 2001, and A Golden Summer's Day for the Australian Championships in 2002, as well as supplying a test piece for the 2002 Tasmanian Championships. His band music has been performed and recorded by high-profile performers such as James Morrison.

Two of Batterham's rock songs received certificates of commendation in the Australian Songwriters' Association National Songwriting Contest in 2000, and received further exposure as the soundtrack to ATV10's Extreme Sports program. He is published by Reed Music and Muso's Media.

Andrew Batterham — current to September 2009