ANNA LARSON is a passionate chamber and orchestral musician, as well as a studio musician and soloist. Originally from Issaquah, WA, she now performs and teaches in Tyler, TX and the greater East Texas region. Beginning her musical studies on the piano at age 4, Anna later discovered a passion for the violin that led her to pursue a life of music. 

An avid chamber musician and coach, Anna frequently performs in collaborative ensemble consonari with her husband, Dr. Kaden Larson (piano). As a sponsored ensemble of the Collaborative Musicians’ Project, Inc., consonari coaches and performs side-by-side with members of the Youth Ensemble Program and gives performances and workshops in K-12 schools. Anna also serves as secretary for the organization. In August 2025, consonari performed as resident artists at the inaugural Wyoming International Chamber Music Festival in Laramie, WY.

Anna is actively involved in supporting and performing contemporary music and enjoys finding lesser-known works from any era, especially those by under-represented composers. Ensemble consonari prioritizes programming these works and enjoys working closely with living composers. They have premiered works by George N. Gianopoulos (2023), and commissioned works by Kari Medina and Matthew Schultheis (2025).

Alongside her work with consonari, Anna enjoys mentoring young musicians. She maintains a small private studio and is an adjunct instructor at the University of Texas at Tyler and Tyler Junior College, where she teaches violin lessons and directs the string chamber orchestras. Anna has taught for Indiana University’s Fairview Violin Program, as an elementary string instructor in the Monroe County Community School Corporation, and has coached violin sectionals for the East Texas Youth Orchestras, where she now serves on the board. She has given masterclasses at BYU-Idaho and the Helen Elbert Collaborative Music Festival, and has served as a judge for multiple regional competitions.

A frequent orchestral musician, Anna serves as Principal Second Violin of the Longview Symphony, Assistant Concertmaster in the Millennial Choirs and Orchestras, and plays first violin in the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra. She has served as Assistant Principal Second Violin of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and Assistant Concertmaster of the Ensign Symphony and Chorus, and performs with many other regional orchestras. Anna appears on various recordings, including Jennifer Thomas’ The Fire Within (2018) as a session player from the Ensign Symphony.

Anna received her Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees in Violin Performance from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, studying with Austin Hartman and Grigory Kalinovsky. Other mentors have included Jan Coleman, Simon James, Hiro David, Dr. Kelley Johnson, and Cora Reuter Foster. She has participated in multiple international music festivals, including Atlantic Music Festival as an Instrumental Fellow in 2021, Philadelphia International Music Festival, where she received Honorable Mention in the 2017 Concerto Competition, Pacific Region International Summer Music Academy, and ARIA International Summer Academy. She has also performed as a soloist with the Ensign Symphony and Chorus, and the North Texas Symphony Orchestra.

Outside of music, Anna enjoys cooking and baking, learning new board games, reading, spending time outside, and entertaining her orange tabby cat Apollo.