Anne grew in Palo Alto, California, where she studied violin with Jenny Rudin and played with the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra. After squeaking out her last high note in the Pomona College Symphony, she put the instrument down for many years to focus on musical theater and choral music. When she heard Martin Hayes perform in 1996, however, she was mesmerized. “I thought, ‘I want to do that!’ So I got out my old violin,” she recounts. She spent a transformative session at Lark Camp (where she also met her husband Kevin), and studied with some of the Irish fiddle greats: Randal Bays, Seamus Connolly, Kevin Carr, Paul Chaffee, Kevin Crehan, James Kelly, Patrick Ourceau and Dale Russ.

Anne now enjoys playing in seisúns and for céilí and set dancing in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a member of the Wild Hog Céilí Band (with Bob Laughton, Daniel Schoenfeld and Kristine Robin) she performs at weddings, festivals, restaurants and pubs. She has also appeared with Melanie O’Reilly and Aisling, savoring their innovative mix of jazz and traditional Irish music, and with the Three Irish Tenors. To take her musical journey still further, she now enjoys playing for Contra and English Country dances as a member of the Raggedy Annes (with the inimitable Charlie Hancock and Andy Eggleston).