Lanny Collins, accomplished organ, harpsichord, and piano performer and accompanist, taught organ in two Seventh-day Adventist colleges and was assistant organist at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon, for twenty years, from 1984 to 2004. He also served as Finance Officer at the cathedral and presently is Canon for Finance and Administration for the Episcopalian Diocese of Oregon.

Collins began playing piano at age six and by age fourteen was organist at a Lutheran church in his hometown of Orlando, Florida. He completed a bachelor's degree with majors in music and business administration at Andrews University in 1964 and an M.Mus. at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, in 1971. A student of Warren Becker, John Fesperman, and noted performer and music historian Harold Gleason, Collins taught at Union College from 1966 to 1971.

While subsequently working at Home Study Institute, an Adventist correspondence school located near Washington, D.C., he played frequently as an organist and accompanist in the area. In 1977, he accepted a position at Walla Walla College, now University, where he taught organ and music history and was the church organist for six years. He has lived in Portland since 1983.

An avid student and creative interpreter of organ music, he has given a number of recitals in his career. He was organist in a performance of Joseph Jongen's Symphonie Concertante in 1979 by the Walla Walla Symphony and soloist with them in a performance of Poulenc's Concerto for Organ in 1982. He performed the Saint Saens Symphony No. 3 with the Portland Symphony, James De Priest, conductor, in 2002.