Michelle Anderson is a professional clarinetist and teacher in Vancouver, Canada. She performs regularly with the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, Lions Gate Sinfonia, West Coast Chamber Music, and the Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble. She was a featured soloist at the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles in 2015, performing the Ticheli Clarinet Concerto. Anderson regularly coaches the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra, leads educational workshops at schools and music camps, and is a regular artist clinician with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Connects program.
When Michelle isn’t playing really fun music on her clarinet or being a soccer mom, she is devoted to creating resources for the Clarinet Mentors Clarinet Community (https://members.clarinetmastery.com). She founded Clarinet Mentors in 2012 as a resource to provide online lessons and tutorials for the passionate amateur clarinetist. Her online courses have helped thousands of clarinetists play clarinet more easily and beautifully and her YouTube channel has provided free clarinet lessons to over 2 million viewers worldwide. She also helped create teaching videos for the Backun Educator Series and the Royal Conservatory of Music’s First Lessons Series.
Michelle Anderson is a Backun Musical Services, Lègere Reeds, Steuer Reeds and Silverstein Works Artist.
