Music Director

 

Lanson Wells

Lanson Wayne Wells is active as a performer, teacher, composer, and conductor. He has performed as a member of the Ohio Valley Symphony, the Ashland Symphony, the Tuscarawas Philharmonic, the Firelands Symphony, the Ohio Light Opera, and the Cleveland Opera Circle. He is a former member of the Muncie Symphony, and has performed in pit orchestras for numerous musical theater productions. Mr. Wells performs chamber music with flutist Kimberly Speiran as a member of Duo Galant. His undergraduate studies were at the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music, as well as additional studies at Cleveland State University. He has attended the Aspen, Brevard, Sewanee, Hot Springs, Oberlin Baroque, and Pierre Monteux summer festivals. His major teachers are Art Klima, Louise Zeitlin, Wei-Shu Co, Nancy Campbell, and John Hedger. Born in Lexington Kentucky, Mr. Wells is also active in teaching and performing classical, modern, and folk music upon violin, viola, guitar, bass, mandolin, dulcimer, autoharp, banjo, and uke.