Michelle Anderson is a professional clarinetist and teacher who has been an inspirational musical leader of individuals and groups for 30 years to students of all ages. She currently teaches in her home studio in Vancouver, as has been the main clarinet teacher at St. George's School since 1990. She also leads educational workshops for several musical groups in the Lower Mainland. She loves teaching students in all ages groups.
As a clarinetist, she is a member of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, and has performed with several other professional groups including the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the West Coast Chamber Music series, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the CBC Vancouver Orchestra and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Orchestra. She was a founding member of the Aspen Wind Players, the only student wind quintet of the prestigious Aspen Music School which was offered a winter fellowship to perform educational concerts for students in the Aspen/Snowmass region of Colorado.
She has been a member of the Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble (www.pswe.ca) in Vancouver for several years, and is a proponent of modern wind music. Michelle was the music director of the Vancouver Cadenza Community Band for eight years, a band for adults who were returning to their instruments after several life distractions. She currently conducts the Vancouver Clarinet Choir, for enthusiastic, amateur adults who enjoy performing chamber music together (with some coaching on clarinet skills and musical pointers from Michelle).
She has been a member of the Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble (www.pswe.ca) in Vancouver for several years, and is a proponent of modern wind music. Michelle was the music director of the Vancouver Cadenza Community Band for eight years, a band for adults who were returning to their instruments after several life distractions. She currently conducts the Vancouver Clarinet Choir, for enthusiastic, amateur adults who enjoy performing chamber music together (with some coaching on clarinet skills and musical pointers from Michelle).