Robert Anderson is Composer-in-Residence and a violin coach for Elemental Strings. He has been performing, recording, and composing in the Los Angeles area since graduating from the University of South Carolina in 2000. He was a founding member of the jazz string quartet Supernova from 2002-2005 and is currently performing with pioneering electric jazz trio Eartha Austria, Composers Ensemble Los Angeles, country artist Angela Wood, pop/rock band Uncle Daddy, and Bear McCreary’s Battlestar Galactica Orchestra. Other notable performances include stage and television appearances with Katie Melua, Paul Oakenfold, Rhianna, and Pink. He can be heard playing baritone violin on the soundtrack to Fox’s “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”, and violin on the Sci-Fi network’s “Battlestar Galactica.”
As co-founder and music director of String Project Los Angeles, established in 2006, Robert enjoys teaching the art of improvisation and encouraging musical creativity in young string players. An active clinician for Yamaha strings, Robert travels throughout the US to educate teachers and students about creative string playing. He is co-director and arranger for the Electric Chamber Orchestra at Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica, CA, and is a violin coach for the Santa Monica High School orchestras and the Elemental Strings program.
Robert is a faculty member of the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California in the new Popular Music program, teaching jazz and alternative violin.