Scott Anderson

Scott Anderson is Associate Professor of Clarinet and Chamber Music at St. Olaf. He was for over two decades the Principal Clarinetist of the Honolulu (now Hawaii) Symphony, a position he held previously with the Grand Rapids (Michigan) and Oakland (California) symphonies, among others.  During his tenure as a member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra he was also active as a recording studio musician. He performed as Principal Clarinet at many summer festivals, including Glimmerglass Opera, the Carmel Bach Festival and Colorado Music Festival, and has appeared as concerto soloist with several orchestras. He has been a member of several contemporary music groups and recorded solo and chamber music on the Albany, CRI and Well-Tempered labels.

Before coming to St. Olaf, he taught at California State University Sacramento, the University of California Berkeley and Davis, and Grand Valley State University in Michigan.  For 10 years he was on the faculty at Interlochen Fine Arts Camp, and more recently has led a summer seminar with one of his mentors, violinist Burton Kaplan, with whom he is working on a book about methods of musical interpretation and a theory of musical performance.  

Scott studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Eastman School under Stanley Hasty, and with Robert Marcellus at Northwestern University. Other teachers include Leon Russianoff, Mitchell Lurie, Franklin Cohen, Larry Combs, Rosario Mazzeo, and Keith Underwood.  His chamber music coaches included Jan DeGaetani, Robert Bloom, Joseph Silverstein, Ray Still, and John Mack.