Senior Instructor, Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO
Certified Meditation Instructor
Member, International Association of Meditation Instructors
Megan Lanz (DMA, CMI) performs regularly as an international solo artist and chamber musician. She became certified as a meditation instructor (UHT Certification #161456) to learn how bodies respond to stress, how to increase self-control in those situations, what our emotions say to us when we worry, and to increase our ability to focus under stress. Megan finds great joy and fulfillment in helping students make the connection between the musical and physical components of playing an instrument, resulting in greater control and empowerment. Her holistic performance and pedagogical approaches encompass all physical, mental, and emotional components of being a human musician.
Megan’s performances have earned her a Finalist position in the 2023 American Prize Professional Instrumental Soloist Competition and a Semi-Finalist position in the 2023 American Prize Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music. She has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with great groups and artists such as The Who, Andrea Bocelli, Stephen Hough, David Foster, Natalie Merchant, Time For Three, Charles Yang, Jackie Evancho, Celtic Woman, and Hillary Hahn. She has performed with a variety of ensembles and productions, including the Colorado Symphony Orchestra (under Andrew Litton and Peter Oundjian), Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, Crested Butte Music Festival Orchestra, Opera Steamboat, Las Vegas Philharmonic, the first national tour of Wicked, Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular, and Disney’s The Lion King.
Megan's students have continued on to perform with professional ensembles, including the Pershing's Own, American Youth Symphony, and Music Academy of the West. Her former students attend the Interlochen Arts Academy, The Colburn School, University of North Texas College of Music, and various other colleges and universities.