School of Music Visiting Artist
In his 46 year career, trombonist Miles Anderson has performed in a variety of musical genres working with leaders as diverse as John Williams and John Cage, and Pierre Boulez and Les Brown. He served as Principal Trombone of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, the Les Brown Big Band, and was a founding member of the Los Angeles Brass Quintet. He was the first brass player to recieve a Solo Recitalists' Fellowship from the NEA. He also had a long standing collaboration with electric violinist, Erica Sharp, with whom they were the resident musicians of the McCaleb Dance Company.
Miles was also a member of the original brass faculty at CalArts. He is currently retired in San Francisco.