Anne has studied violin and chamber music with some of the premier UK quartet leaders, Hugh Maguire, Michael Bochmann, Roger Coull and Howard Davies of The Alberni Quartet. She gained her BA in Music and Psychology at Nottingham University and MA in Music and Arts Education at the London Institute. She has extensive experience as an orchestral leader and led Leicester Symphony Orchestra in De Montfort Hall for many great orchestral showpieces from Stravinsky’s Petruska to Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra and Resphigi’s Pines of Rome. She has also been leader of Leicester University Choral Society, Proteus Chamber Orchestra, Leicester Chamber Orchestra, and Leicester Festival Orchestra. Anne currently freelances with Nottingham Bach Society, Aberystwyth Philomusica and The National Festival Orchestra, playing in Symphony Hall, Birmingham and Nottingham Concert Hall. Nearer home, she enjoys leading Shrewsbury Choral Society Orchestra in Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury Cantata Orchestra in St. Chad’s church and playing for Ludlow Choral Society. When Anne and her husband moved to Shropshire, she founded the Counterpoint ensemble, a group of local professionals giving chamber concerts for charity events. Recent performances have included ‘On Wenlock Edge’ with tenor Adrian Thompson and leading performances of Beethoven's Septet and Spohr’s Nonet. During 2009, her Sounds Interesting Piano Trio have given concerts in Shrewsbury and Kidderminster. She has flourishing Duos with Hilary Summers (cello), and Richard Walker (piano). Her France based duo “Reflections” with Stella Searson (piano/harpsichord) enjoys giving concerts in Normandy. Anne plays a Pietro Messori violin made in Modena, Italy in 1910.
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