"Endling" was commissioned for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and describes the ‘last surviving individual of a species or plant’. The Violin Concerto features the 2002 BBC Young Musician of the Year, Jennifer Pike. There is an article on her in the March issue of Classic FM Magazine. The works are a synthesis of Schultz’s approach, bittersweet and lyrical with moments of soaring splendour.

"Rarely does a contemporary piece stand out in an orchestral concert, and even more rarely one by an Australian composer. Andrew Schultz’s Endling (2007) emanates from a deeply disturbing concept – the last survivor of any living species, flora and fauna. After that, extinction. With a full body of strings, two horns and timpani, Schultz has created a beautiful, deeply thoughtful reflection, via simple motifs, restrained dynamics, small gestures and an ending, horns alone, that lingered long…Foyer chat is usually about the concerto soloist. This time, people wanted to talk about Endling.” Adelaide Advertiser on a live performance