Violist Anna Griffis made her concerto debut with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at 16 and has performed in Mexico, Turkey, Austria, Slovenia, Czechia, Taiwan, and across the states on modern and period instruments. She is principal viola with the New Bedford Symphony and the Boston Festival Orchestra, member of the Albany Symphony, and performs with the Portland Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Emmanuel Music, Blue Heron, the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Odyssey Opera, and the Boston Lyric Opera. Anna co-founded Chicago-based Trio Speranza, prize winners at the EMA Baroque Competition, and performs with and is executive director of the new music group Ludovico Ensemble.
Anna teaches at The New School of Music, Tufts University, and MIT, and works in graphic design and communications as a freelancer and for the Tufts Music Department. From Annapolis, MD, Anna is the proud product of her public-school music program. She lives in Lower Allston with her bassoonist husband and their cat, Pig, and gets excited about fonts, road trips, and diners.