Lauren Gates
Music education
Email: laurengates@usf.edu

Lauren Gates is an adjunct ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp at USF, where she teaches music education courses including Basic Conducting and Woodwind Techniques. She is currently completing her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Instrumental Conducting at the ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of Oklahoma. She holds both a Bachelor's in Music Education and a Master's in Instrumental Conducting from the ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp.
Mrs. Gates’ professional experience includes teaching ÅÝܽÊÓƵapps from elementary school through college. She has taught band to ÅÝܽÊÓƵapps from 4th through 12th grade in both private and public schools across Florida and South Carolina including one year as the Director of Bands at JW Mitchell High School in New Port Richey, Fl. In 2019-20 she served as USF’s Assistant Director of Bands where she taught music education and conducting classes, conducted the ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp Concert and Campus Bands, assisted the Herd of Thunder Marching Band, and directed the Rumble Pep Band. She is an active clinician and guest conductor in the Tampa Bay area and throughout Central Florida and serves as an adjudicator for Music USA festivals held at Universal Studios in Orlando.