Before joining the SLSO, flutist and piccolo player Ann served in that position with the Richmond Symphony for nine seasons. Ann has performed in numerous music festivals including Festival Lyrique en Mer, Ash Lawn Opera Festival, Music Academy of the West, Kent-Blossom Chamber Music Festival, National Repertory Orchestra, and the Tanglewood Music Center. She spends her summers as a faculty member at the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, North Carolina. A graduate of Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, Ann completed her master’s degree at New England Conservatory in Boston. Her teachers include Bonita Boyd, Paula Robison, and Damian Bursill-Hall.