Adjunct Lecturer of Music
Violin, String Chamber Ensemble
Phone: 903.566.7450
Email: alarson@uttyler.edu
Building: FAC 2217
Department: School of Performing Arts
Additional Department: Music
Anna Larson
Degrees
- Master of Music in Violin Performance, Indiana University
- Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance, Indiana University
Biography
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 Chamber Music Program and gives performances and workshops
in K-12 schools. Anna also serves as secretary for the organization. consonari performs
annually as resident artists at the Wyoming International Chamber Music Festival and
Interlude Summer Music Festival.
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), which are featured
on their album “Tell Me a Story,” released on Navona Records July 24, 2026.
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 and New Texas Sinfonia. 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.