Rick Anderson of York, Pennsylvania
Performing as a soprano soloist and horn instructor for Hanover Lancers and Lancers Alumni Corps since 1974 is just part of Rick Anderson’s musical legacy. While serving on the Lancers’ board of directors he has worked to insure membership growth, encourage participation in events far outside the community and is the backstage director of Profiles in Music, the Lancers perennially sold-out alumni show held on the Penn State University campus in York.
Before retiring as music department chair of the York Suburban School District, he was director of the Wind Ensemble and Marching Knights at York Suburban High School. He was also music director and conductor for 25 music theatre productions at York Suburban. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. He was the Cavalcade of Bands Association Director of the Year in 2006 and was inducted into the Cavalcade Hall of Fame in 2009.
He is a member of Phi Beta Mu, a national honorary bandmasters association. One of the founders of Youth Music Abroad, he has toured Europe with young musicians. He has also traveled nationally and internationally as a professional entertainer and musician.
He served as music director at The Belmont Theater for two seasons and was music director and conductor at Opera Lancaster for five years after retiring from teaching.
He completed his undergraduate work at the College of Wooster with trumpet studies at Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He studied orchestral directing with Stuart J. Ling and Marshall Haddock. He pursued graduate work at Pennsylvania State University, where he earned a Master’s Degree, and also studied at Towson University.
