Bio

Lauren Hendrix is a Seattle native and loves the bass. She is a third-generation resident of the Beautiful Columbia City District.

Lauren was raised in large part by her father, Michael Brouner, a professional trumpet player and an avid Drum Corps fan, and began gigging with his Mexican band at age fourteen.

Lauren attended Garfield High School in Seattle's Central District, where she played and toured Japan with Marcus Tsutakawa's Orchestra and played and toured Europe with Clarence Acox's Jazz Ensemble. During these formative years, Lauren began gigging professionally with her Garfield colleagues in the Emerald City Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Mike Yasutake.

Many of Lauren's summers were spent in Tahiti with her Great Aunt Hina. There Lauren played bass with Ron Falconer, a Scottish folk musician and songwriter.

Lauren earned her Bachelor's degree from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she studied with John Repucci and Whit Browne, among many other fantastic faculty. During her time in Boston, Lauren played with the Quincy Symphony Orchestra.

After graduating in 2004, Lauren toured America with the Musical Theatre Production “The Three Redneck Tenors,” based in Grapevine, TX.

Lauren returned to the Dallas/Fort Worth area the following fall to begin graduate studies at the University of North Texas in Denton, where she studied under such musical forces as Lynn Seaton and Jeff Bradetich. Lauren earned her Master of Music in Jazz Studies in August 2008, and finished her Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Certificate at La Universidad Autónima del Estado de México in Toluca, MX in the summer of that year.

This summer and last, Lauren has organized The All-Electric Bass Workshop Northwest, held at Seattle Pacific University, which features these All-Star Faculty: Steve Kim, Dean Schmidt, Dave Pascal, Todd Gowers and Osama Afifi (and Lauren, too).

Lauren enjoyed the summer season of this year playing music in the Northeast, from Maine to New York, and sojourning in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn.

Currently, Lauren is playing in several groups, including the Federal Way Symphony Orchestra, in Jazz Ensembles, and The King of Hawai'i Surf Rock Band. She has a growing bass studio at Music Works Northwest and at the Hammond Ashley Studios. She has subbed with the Spokane Symphony Orchestra for the past two seasons, and continues study with her long-time teacher Todd Gowers.