Lauren Gates

Music education

Email: laurengates@usf.edu

Lauren Gates is an adjunct professor 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 University of Oklahoma. She holds both a Bachelor's in Music Education and a Master's in Instrumental Conducting from the University of South Florida.

Mrs. Gates’ professional experience includes teaching students from elementary school through college. She has taught band to students 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 University 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.