stephen anderson

composer/pianist

4 1/2 stars - All Music Guide

"Stephen Anderson...creates new music and improvisations that are full of life, energy and fresh ideas. Highly recommended"--Scott Yanow

WEB LINKS:
Myspace Page (containing audio files), University of North Carolina Faculty Page

New artist for Summit Records, STEPHEN ANDERSON is both a composer and a pianist. As a pianist, Anderson has performed and recorded with the Lynn Seaton Trio and appears on two recordings with the trio for Nagel Heyer Records, Puttin’ On the Ritz (2005) and Ballads 2006 (compilation CD). Anderson played and recorded with the North Texas One O’clock Lab Band (Lab 2001) and Two O’clock Lab Band (Translucent Two). He has been active as a clinician and performing artist nationally and internationally in recent years, was winner of the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival piano competition (1997), and was the keyboardist for gold-recording (country) artist, Kevin Sharp, for a short stint (1996-1997).

As a composer, Anderson’s works have been performed by: The West Point Military Academy Band, The North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra, Lynn Seaton and the Dallas Chamber Orchestra, the Crested Butte Chamber Orchestra, the One O' Clock Lab Band, Two O’clock Lab band, North Carolina Central University Percussion Ensemble, UNC Charlotte Percussion Ensemble, UNC-CH Wind Ensemble, and a film score broadcast nationally on PBS. He has received awards from UNT and BYU in composition, an Honorable Mention from the International Society of Basses (2002), and grants from the Barlow Foundation and the UNC Research Council for his artistic work. Anderson’s compositions are published by UNC (Northern Colorado) Jazz Press and Cimmarron Music Press.

Anderson earned a DMA (2005), and a MM (2000) in composition at the University of North Texas, and a BMus degree in composition at Brigham Young University (1997). He served as Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano at Western Illinois University (2003-2005) and is currently Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Jazz Studies and Composition.