Lee Anderson

Lee Anderson is the Director of Orchestras at Fairview High School and Southern Hills Middle School in Boulder, CO. Prior to arriving in Boulder, he was the assistant director at Seven Lakes Junior High in Katy, TX and then was named head director of the newly-opened Adams Junior High in Katy. Since arriving in Boulder in 2021, he has grown the middle school program from 45 to 95 and the high school program from 70 to 95. Under his direction, the Fairview Chamber Orchestra performed as an invited ensemble at the 2022 CMEA Conference, and won 3rd place at the 2024 National Orchestra Festival in Louisville, Kentucky. This December, they will perform at the 79th annual Midwest Clinic in Chicago as one of four orchestras invited nationally, and as only the 3rd ensemble from Colorado to be invited in its history. Mr. Anderson keeps an active performing and conducting schedule. As a conductor, he directs the String Ensemble and Allegro Strings as part of Denver Young Artists Orchestra, and has conducted Honor Orchestra ensembles in Kansas (SCKMEA), Adams County, and Denver Public Schools. As a violist, he performs regularly in the viola section of the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra and as Principal Viola of the Boulder Symphony Orchestra. He has also served as a substitute violist for the Louisville Orchestra and Houston Grand Opera. Lee received a Bachelor of Music Education, Bachelor of Music in Viola Performance, and Master of Music in Viola Performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where his principal instructors were Stephen Wyrczynski, Ed Gazouleas, and Brenda Brenner. When not in the orchestra classroom or on the performance stage, he enjoys hiking, crossword puzzles, and spending time with his wife Aspen, their dog Max, and their cat, Clara.