By: Jake Hutchinson

Anna Frazer is from Encinitas, California. She was a music student at San Diego Academy High School and was a part of the San Diego Civic Youth Orchestra. Anna continued on to pursue her passion of music into college at the University of Oregon. At the University of Oregon, she was a Graduate Teaching Fellow, played for the Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, and was also a member of the Oregon Marching Band. She has also been a member of both the Oregon Symphonic Band and Oregon Wind Ensemble.

Anna Frazer’s duties in the Oregon Athletics Bands is to run the band department as the administrative assistant. She is a key factor and decision maker for budget planning, transportation and accommodations, organizes events, provides food, maintains bookkeeping records and assists with summer camps at the University of Oregon.

Anna Frazer discusses the Oregon Athletic Band’s ongoing budget issue and the dark cloud that looms the School of Music at the University of Oregon. She provides details about why students need funding and how the band overcomes the hardships of not having the proper funds to run the band program.