| Eugene D.
Anderson,composer/conductor, began his formal music studies at the age
of ten playing tuba in the Brookfield, Wisconsin schools. Having
received three summer clinic music camp scholarships and winning
numerous awards as a tuba soloist in high school, Anderson took up study
as a music
major at the University of Wisconsin from where he graduated in 1968
with a Bachelor of Music
His first teaching position as tuba instructor was at the University of
toledo. After leaving Toledo to pursue a Master of Music in composition,
Mr. Anderson went to Arizona State University and graduted magna cum laude
in 1973.
From 1975-1980 Mr. Anderson was Director of Bands at Apache Junction (AZ) High
School. Today, he composes for band, orchestra and chamber music as well as
continuing and active schedule of performing and conducting.
Gene has performed with the Madison Civic Symphony, Toledo Orchestra,
Teledo Ballet, Toledo Brass Quintet, Phoenix Symphony, Mesa Symphony and
was assistant director of bands at Arizonia State University. His Composition
teachers were Ronald LoPresti and Grant Fletcher.
Music reviewer Barton Cimmings hailed as a masterpiece one of Mr. Anderson's
major compositions: "Tuba Concerto No.1 in B minor". In addition
to this orchestral work, Anderson has nearly twenty works published and
sold worldwide...including a piano reduction version of his Tuba Concerto.
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