Michael Anderson, Trumpet

Michael Anderson is an assistant professor of trumpet at the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University. He teaches applied trumpet, directs brass chamber music ensembles, including the Blackwelder Brass, OCU’s scholarship graduate brass quintet, Brass Methods and History of Rock and Roll.

Professor Anderson is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Trumpet Guild, executive director of the ITG web site (www.trumpetguild.org), and chairman of the ITG technology committee. He is a regular columnist for the ITG Journal and serves on the Editorial Committee as a peer reviewer of submitted articles.

He was project manager of the ITG Journal anniversary CD-ROM, which made available all ITG Journals and Newsletters in searchable, electronic format. He is founder and administrator of the Trumpet Players International Network (TPIN), the oldest and most active Internet discussion list dedicated to the trumpet.

His degrees are from Illinois State University (BM), and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (MM). Primary teachers have been Dennis Schneider, Herbert Koerselman, and Arnold Jacobs. During his 2003 sabbatical, Anderson observed and studied with master teachers including Bill Adam, Vincent DiMartino, Ronald Romm, Michael Ewald, Karl Sievers, and William Pfund.

He is a member of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, the Lyric Theatre Orchestra, and is in demand as a freelance artist, soloist and clinician. Before moving to Oklahoma, Mr. Anderson was a 21-year member of the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, and performed often with the Omaha Symphony and Opera Omaha. He was a founding member of the Omaha Brass Ensemble and of the Nebraska Brass, and was a member of the Palladium Brass Quintet. He was musical director for the Omaha Big Band and the Omaha Jazz Youth Project. He is an active freelance trumpeter, and has played for numerous national tours; recording sessions; and jazz, orchestra and chamber music engagements.