About Anna

As the progeny of a musical home, Anna can hardly remember a time she wasn't playing or listening to music. Her musical training began at the age of five on the piano, and at nine she added the violin as her primary instrument. She has had the privilege of competing and performing around the Midwest and North Florida regions as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician and has competed in the semi-finals of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, as well as been awarded First Prize and Honorable mention in the Discover National chamber Music Competition.  Anna has also performed as a soloist with the Knox-Galexburg Symphony, Lake Geneva Symphony, Rockford Youth Symphony, and the Oistrakh Symphony Orchestra.

While receiving her Bachelor's degree in Violin Performance and Pedagogy at Wheaton College, Anna was privileged to serve as one of the co-concertmasters of the orchestra for three consecutive years.  During her undergraduate studies she was also honored to be the winner of Wheaton College's Concerto Competition and Chamber Music Competition. After completing her degree at Wheaton College, Anna studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music under Jan Mark Sloman and Malcolm Lowe where she received her Master's of Violin Performance.

As a teacher, Anna kept a small studio of her own students during her collegiate studies. She has worked as an assistant chamber music coach and teacher's assistant in the Community School of the Arts in Wheaton, Illinois, as well as taught on the faculty of the Veritas Music and Learning Center, the Aurora School of Music, and the Thomasville Road Academy of the Arts. She greatly enjoys the opportunity to combine her love of music with her love for interacting with people of all ages when she is privileged to teach violin.

Anna is a member of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the Tallahassee Community Chorus and Tallahassee Ballet. She has performed in Florida State University's Opening Nights concert series and the Word of South Festival of Literature and Music. Additionally, Anna is a substitute member of the Mobile Symphony Orchestra and freelances as a chamber musician in the North Florida area.