Classical

J’Anna began playing the violin when she was 15 months old. Of course she didn’t play much at first, but with patient guidance from her father she mastered the first part of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by the time she was 18 months old.

She has studied with some of the finest classical musicians in the world, graduating with honors from Interlochen Arts Academy, a highly respected fine arts prepatory school in the U.S. She went on to study with Glenn Dicterow, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic and Mark Baranov, assistant concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She attended the Vienna Conservatory of Music where she studied, violin, viola and chamber music and toured with the conservatory orchestra and opera company.

Upon graduating from California State University at Chico with her degree in music performance, she was selected to be a member of a string quartet formed to take master classes from The Sequoia and Kronos string quartets. She has attended many chamber music workshops over the years and finds that this training has enhanced her ability to work with ensembles in all genres.