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.

 

Anna enjoys mentoring young musicians. She is an adjunct instructor in applied violin and chamber music at the University of Texas at Tyler and Tyler Junior College, and maintains a small private studio. Anna has given masterclasses at BYU-Idaho and the Helen Elbert Collaborative Music Festival, and has served as a judge for multiple regional competitions. She 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.

 

An avid chamber musician, Anna frequently performs in collaborative ensemble consonari with her husband, Dr. Kaden Larson (piano). Their ensemble frequently commissions and premieres music by living composers, including George N. Gianopoulos, Kari Cruver Medina, and Matthew Schultheis, who are featured on their album “Tell Me a Story,” released on Navona Records July 24, 2026. consonari performs annually as resident artists at the Wyoming International Chamber Music Festival and the Interlude Summer Music Festival.

 

Anna serves as Principal Second Violin of the Longview Symphony, Assistant Concertmaster in the Millennial Choirs and Orchestras and plays as a section violinist in multiple orchestras, including the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra and New Texas Sinfonia. Past leadership roles include Assistant Principal Second Violin of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and Assistant Concertmaster of the Ensign Symphony and Chorus.

 

Anna received her Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees in Violin Performance from Indiana University, studying with Austin Hartman and Grigory Kalinovsky. Other mentors have included Jan Coleman and Simon James. She has participated in multiple international music festivals, including the 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 North Texas Symphony Orchestra.

 

In her free time, you can find Anna cooking and baking, learning new board games, reading, spending time outside, and entertaining her orange tabby cat Apollo.