Clarinetist/bass clarinetist Jeff Anderle is currently enjoying an extremely diverse musical life. An exponent of contemporary classical music, Jeff is the clarinetist of the ADORNO Enemble and has also performed with the Del Sol String Quartet and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players.  Past affiliations include positions as the clarinetist and Associate Artistic Director of The Definiens Project in Los Angeles, clarinetist at the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival in 2007 and at the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble in 2006.

He is a member of Edmund Welles, the world’s only composing bass clarinet quartet, and is also half of the bass clarinet duo Sqwonk, In addition, Jeff is a co-director of the Switchboard Music Festival.

Jeff is currently on the clarinet faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He received his Master of Music Degree there in 2006, studying clarinet with Luis Baez. Previously, he graduated summa cum laude from UCLA, where he was a student of Gary Gray. Other influential teachers include Dennis Smylie and  Ben Freimuth.

When not making music, Jeff works for Clark Fobes making clarinet and saxophone mouthpieces. He is a Reiki Master and makes his own bass clarinet gear.

Visit Jeff at www.jeffanderle.com.