Professor
Lanette Compton is Assistant Professor of Horn at Oklahoma State University. She earned her Bachelors of Music Degree in performance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as a student of Allen French and her Masters of Music Degree in performance from the University of North Texas as a student of Dr. William Scharnberg.
Prior to her appointment at OSU, Lanette was an active horn performer and teacher in the Dallas area. She performed regularly with the Texas Wind Symphony, Allen Philharmonic Orchestra, Flower Mound Chamber Orchestra, Dallas Wind Symphony, Garland Symphony Orchestra, Los Colinas Symphony Orchestra, Camerata Chamber Winds and the Myriad Brass Orchestra. Lanette has performed on more than a dozen CD’s, including the critically acclaimed CD The Manne We Love: Gershwin Revisited featuring the Steve Houghton Quintet, and the University of North Texas Two O’clock Lab Band. She has performed as soloist with the Camerata Chamber Winds, North Central Texas College Singers and the University of North Texas Wind Ensemble.
Lanette has extensive chamber music experience in both brass and woodwinds quintets, including being a finalist in both the Coleman and Fischoff chamber music competitions. Lanette is presently a member of the North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and performs regularly with ensembles across Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas.
(Information courtesy of the Music Department of Oklahoma State University).