Anna Burden, cello
Cellist Anna Burden has performed extensively throughout the United States, as soloist with the Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra, the Juilliard Orchestra, Washington Chamber Symphony, the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, and the Oak Park Symphony Orchestra, among others. Ms. Burden is the winner of numerous competition prizes, including the Grand Prize in the Music Teachers National Association Competition, First Place in the Society of American Musicians Competition, and top prizes in the Washington International Competition, the Stulberg International Strings Competition, and the WAMSO Young Artists Competition.
Ms. Burden, a native of Chicago, has studied with Nell Novak, Richard Aaron, Hans Jensen, Darrett Adkins, Joel Krosnick, and Alan Stepansky. Ms. Burden holds a Bachelor Degree in cello performance from Northwestern University, a Master's Degree from The Juilliard School, and a Professional Studies Diploma in Orchestral Performance from the Manhattan School of Music. She has attended The Piatigorsky Seminar for Cellists, the National Arts Center Young Artists Program, the Verbier Music Festival, and the Yellow Barn Music School. Also passionate about early childhood education, Ms. Burden received her Suzuki teaching certification from School for Strings in New York City.
Ms. Burden is the Associate Principal cellist of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal as of 2010. In addition to her work as an ensembles in Montreal. Ms. Burden has played in the Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra in Door County, Wisconsin since 2007. Before joining the OSM, she played in the Saint Louis Symphony from 2009-2010.