Lauren Anderson
Affiliate Professor of Music; Trumpet
PAC 176; (360) 650-2232
Lauren Anderson, trumpeter, is a graduate of the University of Washington where he studied with William D. Cole. Prof. Anderson has appeared as a featured soloist with numerous Northwest area orchestras and has performed recitals throughout Washington and in Alaska, Oregon, and Idaho.
Prof. Anderson has performed with many of the Northwest’s best-known music ensembles including the Oregon Symphony, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra and Seattle Opera Orchestra. He is a founding member of the Washington Brass Ensemble, one of the Northwest’s premiere chamber ensembles. He has toured with the ensemble throughout Washington State and in Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Arizona and British Columbia. During the 1995-96 season, he was Principal Trumpet of Orquesta Filarmonica de la UNAM in Mexico City.
Also active as a conductor, Prof. Anderson is Music Director and Conductor of the Pacific Chamber Orchestra, the Seattle Symphonic Band and formerly the Music Director for Everett Opera. As an educator, he has taught at all levels of the public schools and was for 14 years Instructor of Trumpet at Seattle Pacific University. He currently serves part-time on the faculties of Western Washington University and North Seattle and Olympic Community Colleges.