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Active as an educator, composer, and performer,
Thad Anderson presides over the Percussion Studies
program at Southwestern University in Georgetown,
TX. Thad also currently teaches on the University
of Texas at Austin campus where he directs and
arranges for the storied Longhorn Band Drumline
while he completes his Doctorate of Musical Arts
degree.
Thad maintains a busy performing schedule
including recent performances with the Austin and
Waco Symphony Orchestras, as guest soloist with
Conspirare, and as timpanist with the Victoria
Bach Festival orchestra. He is an alumnus
with the Boston Crusaders Drum & Bugle Corps,
and currently is an instructor for the Crusaders'
front ensemble.
With a strong interest in contemporary American
art music, Thad is privileged to have worked
with prominent American composers such as George
Crumb, John Corigliano, and Joan Tower. He
has also been active in the commissioning of
new percussion music and has been a part of premiers
by Jonathan Kolm, Dan Welcher, John Corigliano,
Thom Hasenpflug, and Stella Sung. He is
particularly known for his arrangements and adaptations
for solo percussion, percussion ensemble, and
steel pan ensemble music. Universal Edition
and Santa Barbara Music are currently publishing
some of these projects.
Additionally, Thad is highly active in the Percussive
Arts Society community where he has served as chair
of the Collegiate Committee and as a representative
on the Board of Directors. Thad completed
his undergraduate work in Music Education at the
University of Central Florida and holds a Masters
of Music in Percussion Performance Degree from
the University of Texas at Austin. |
