She grew up in South Australia and studied violin with Marie Roberts, Beryl Kimber and William Hennessy. In 1990, Anna was awarded first prize in the string concerto final of the Australian Broadcasting Commission National Instrumental and Vocal Competition.
In Australia, Anna performed as a concerto soloist with the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Adelaide Chamber Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and Queensland Symphony Orchestra. She was awarded a Queen’s Jubilee scholarship in 1993 to study with Vera Beths at the Royal Conservatorium, the Hague in The Netherlands where she graduated cum laude in 1995. Anna also followed lessons with Alexander Kerr and baroque violin with Elizabeth Wallfisch. As well as her performance studies, Anna has a Master’s Degree in Historical Musicology from King’s College, London and a Doctorate from Sydney Conservatorium. Between 2014-2019 Anna was Co-Director of the Tyalgum Music Festival. Since 2019 she is Co-ordinator of Strings and Honours Coordinator at the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance, Monash University, Melbourne.
She has been guest artist and tutor at the ANU School of Music’s Early Music Week, performed and recorded a number of times with Ensemble Offspring and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, performs regularly with Pinchgut Opera, Genesis Baroque, the Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra, the Australian Haydn Ensemble, Omega Ensemble, and the Australian World Orchestra. Anna is a core member of the early music group Ironwood and performs regularly with them.
