CURRENT & PAST CONDUCTING, GUEST CONDUCTING, LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2023
2023 December - Saratoga Orchestra “A Very Merry Whidbey Christmas”
2023 November - Seattle Collaborative Orchestra
2023 October - Saratoga Orchestra “Music, Magic, Mystery”
2023 August - Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute
2023 May - Everything BUT Conducting in collaboration with the Omaha Symphony
2023 May - Saratoga Orchestra “15th Anniversary - A Celebration!”
2023 May - Seattle Collaborative Orchestra “The Music of Hummie Mann”
2023 April - Performing Arts Festival for the Eastside Solo Adjudicator
2023 April - Guest Lecturer Pacific Lutheran University
2023 April - Saratoga Orchestra “Earth Day”
2023 March - Adjudicator Northshore Orchestra Festival
2023 March - Seattle Collaborative Orchestra “We walk, We fly!”
2023 March - Adjudicator Eastshore I Music Festival
2023 March - Adjudicator Eastshore II Music Festival
2023 January - Saratoga Orchestra “Passions of Paris”
2023 January - Guest Conductor - PLU Honor Festival
2023 January - Guest Conductor - New Mexico All-State Orchestra
2024
2024 February Saratoga Orchestra “Voyage of Love”
2024 February Washington Music Educator Association Conducting Clinic (in partnership with Seattle Symphony)
2024 March Seattle Collaborative Orchestra
2024 April Saratoga Orchestra “Rhythms of Nature”
2024 May Seattle Collaborative Orchestra
2024 May Saratoga Orchestra “A Musical Odyssey
2024 August Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute
2021
2021 November - Seattle Collaborative Orchestra “Chamber Chatter”
2021 November - Guest Conductor - University of Puget Sound “Music and the Power of Influence”
2021 November - Everything Conducting Roundtable: Everything Opera with Christopher Allen, Kristin Roach, and Brian Garman
2021 October - Guest Conductor - University of Puget Sound “Fall Back, Spring Forward”
2021 October - Everything Conducting Roundtable: Programming with Teddy Abrams, Lidiya Yankovskaya, and Tito Muñoz
2021 October - Saratoga Orchestra “Of Paradise and Light”
2021 September - Everything Conducting Artistic Planning Roundtable” with Nigel Boon - National Symphony Orchestra, Kerry Smith - Sarasota Orchestra, Daniel Walshaw - Columbus Symphony
2021 August - Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute
2021 June - Seattle Collaborative Orchestra Online Concert “Hope in the Time of Covid”
2021 June - Everything Conducting Roundtable: All things concerti and solists! with Carter Brey, Jennifer Koh, and Orion Weiss
2021 April New Hampshire All-State Orchestra
2021 April - Everything Conducting “Wind Ensemble Roundtable” withWind Ensemble guest conductors: Jessica Swift - Conductor of the Concert Winds & Philharmonia Orange at the San Diego Youth Symphony, Dr. William Lake Jr. - Associate Director of Bands at the Crane School of Music and Assistant Professor of Music Education, Travis J. Cross - Professor of Music, Wind Ensemble Conductor, and Music Department Chair at UCLA, and Scott Stewart - Music Director at the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony
2021 April - Featured Speaker for the Women in Music - Tau Beta Sigma Western District Convention
2021 April - Seattle Collaborative Orchestra Online Concert “Emotions in the Time of Covid”
2021 March - Everything Conducting “Education Roundtable” with Debora Kang (Education Manager at the Detroit Symphony), Kimberly McLemore (VP of Education and Community Engagement at the Nashville Symphony), & Laura Reynolds (Executive Director of the Boise Philharmonic)
2021 March - Everything Conducting “Pops Roundtable” with Justin Ellis (Artistic Administrator for the National Symphony Orchestra), Mary Petro (Music Agent at United Talent Agency), & Sam Strater (Artistic Planning Advisor for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra)
2021 January - Guest Panelist, International Conductors Guild Virtual Conference 2021 - Think Tank Series “Innovation in Action”
2021 January Guest Conductor New Mexico All-State Symphony Orchestra - Online
2021 January - Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute On-Line
2022
2022 December - Saratoga Orchestra “A Very Merry Whidbey Christmas”
2022 November - Seattle Collaborative Orchestra “Something Old, Something New, Something Bohemian, Something Blue”
2022 October - Guest Lecturer - Cornish College
2022 September - Guest Lecturer - Nashville Orchestra Careers Seminar - “Artistic Planning & Programming”
2022 August - Guest Conductor - Vivace
2022 August - Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute
2022 August - Oak Harbor Music Festival Summer Pops with the Gothard Sisters
2022 June - Everything Conducting Roundtable with Maestri JoAnn Falletta and Leonard Slatkin
2022 June - Saratoga Orchestra “Strum!”
2022 June - Everything Conducting Roundtable “Choral Conducting” with Eugene Rogers (of the Washington Chorus and the University of Michigan) and Victoria Gau (Artistic director of the Capital City Symphony and the Cantate Chamber Singers)
2022 May - Seattle Collaborative Orchestra “Ascending”
2022 March - The Conductor’s Podcast with Chaowen Ting “Diversity, Mentorship, and Know Your Body Well with Anna Edwards”
2022 April - Adjudicator Washington All-State String Ensemble and Violin/Viola Solo
2022 April - Saratoga Orchestra “Earth Day”
2022 April - Everything Conducting Roundtable “Teaching Conducting as well as building an excellent conducting studio and college orchestra” with Kenneth Kiesler and Jeffery Meyer
2022 March - Saratoga Orchestra “A Novel Idea”
2022 March - Adjudicator SnoKing Orchestra Festival
2022 February - Adjudicator SnoKing Solo and Ensemble
2022 January - Everything Conducting Roundtable: Teaching conducting (and learning) from the best! with Diane Wittry, Larry Rachleff, and James Ross
2019 AND BEFORE…..
2019 August - Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute (Program Director & Teacher)
2019 May - Guest Lecturer University House - Gender and Leadership: How to be the Change
2018 July - Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute
2018 Central Washington University - Gender Disparity in Music: Encouraging and Empowering Female Leadership
2017 July - Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute
2017 NAfME - NW Division Conference - Nurturing female leaders in instrumental music
2017 Issaquah School District - Gender and Leadership: What Comes Next?
2017 Marysville Rotary - Gender and Leadership
2017 Oak Harbor Rotary - Gender and Leadership: What does this mean today?
2016 Oxford Conducting Institute: Perceptions of the hidden-half: A guide to mentoring the next generation of conductors
2016 WMEA - Girls and leadership: Nurturing female leadership in instrumental music
2011 NAfME - NW Division Conference - Full Orchestra - Planting the Seed
2020
2020 December Seattle Collaborative Orchestra Online Concert “Love in the Time of Covid”
2020 December Guest Lecturer Pacific Lutheran University “Musical Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century: My journey has included courage and a little insanity”
2020 November Poulsbo Community Orchestra - Diverse programming for 21st century orchestras
2020 November Podium Time - Finding comfort in who you are
2020 October AAUW - Leading through community engagement
2020 September - Everything Conducting UpBeat - S2E1: Programming a Classical Season w. Ankush Bahl. Plus: Anna Edwards talks "Important Voices"
2020 August Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute On-Line (Program Director & Teacher)
2020 July The Conducting Institute Music Educators Colloquium
2020 June - Everything Conducting UpBeat -S1E2: Defining your Artistic Identity. Plus: Anna Edwards from Everything Conducting talks "Important Voices"
2020 April The Orchestra Podcast
2020 January - Guest Lecturer Edmonds Woodway High School - Gender and Leadership: How to be the Change