Anna Griffis, Violin

Violist/violinist Anna Griffis keeps herself busy as a performer, teacher, and administrator. Her playing has taken her to Mexico, Turkey, Austria, Slovenia, Czechia, Taiwan, and across North America; she's performed at the Kennedy Center, Dumbarton Oaks, Boston's Symphony Hall, Smetana Hall (Prague), and Carnegie Hall. Anna is principal viola of the New Bedford Symphony and Boston Festival Orchestra, a member of the Albany Symphony, and performs regularly with the Portland Symphony, Boston Lyric Opera, Emmanuel Music, Odyssey Opera, Blue Heron, Les Bostonades, and the BEMF Chamber Ensemble.

She co-founded Chicago-based Trio Speranza, prize winners at the Early Music America Baroque Competition, and performs with and is executive director of the new music group Ludovico Ensemble. Anna teaches and coaches chamber music at The New School of Music (Cambridge) and Tufts University, and is an affiliate artist with the Emerson/Harris program at MIT. In addition to her playing and teaching, Anna oversees communications for the Tufts Music Department and is a freelance graphic designer specializing in concert program design and arts marketing.