Meet Our Accompanist            

Dr. Gerald Anderson served as a full-time member of the music faculty at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois from 1978-2014. He retired as Professor of Music Emeritus and moved to Sun City Hilton Head, South Carolina in the fall of 2014. During his tenure at ONU he taught private and class piano, as well as courses in music theory and music history. In 1989, he was named Olivet’s Faculty Member of the Year; in 2005, he was presented the Richard M. Jones Award for Teaching Excellence. Dr. and Mrs. Anderson have funded an endowment for musical master classes at Olivet.

Throughout his career, Dr. Anderson has performed extensively as a soloist, accompanist, chamber musician, church musician, adjudicator and clinician. He was a featured soloist on the television show “Thirty Good Minutes,” which aired on public station WTTW, Chicago, and was sponsored by the Chicago Sunday Evening Club. Since moving to Sun City, Dr. Anderson has performed several solo programs at TidePointe Hilton Head, The Cypress, and participated in several productions with the Sun City Theater Club. He currently serves as pianist for First Presbyterian Church (Hilton Head), The Mary Green Chorale, and the Oseh Shalom Temple.

Dr. Anderson holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Nazarene University, Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in Piano Pedagogy from Texas Tech University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance from the American Conservatory of Music, Chicago.

He and his wife, Mary (who retired from ONU Career Services after 35 years), have two married children and four grandchildren.