Award winning performer and Royal Academy of Music alumna, Anna Phillips is establishing herself as a creative and diverse musician. Anna is a former Southbank Centre Future Artist and has performed on the prestigious Wigmore Hall stage. She is a keen collaborator and has shared the stage with renowned musicians such as Rachel Nicholls, Daniel Pioro, and Rachel Podger. Anna has played in a variety of venues including Sinfonia Smith Square, Vortex Jazz Club, Royal Festival Hall, Purcell Room and Times Square, New York.
Anna is passionate about music-making in the community, and this year, she is a Fellow in the Royal Academy of Music’s community music department. Anna is a mentor for Wigmore Hall’s ‘Learning and Development Scheme: Chamber Tots,’ for children aged between 1 and 4 years old. The ability to share music with people from all walks of life as a means of connection reaffirms Anna’s choice to have a career in music.
Having grown up in Wales where she started learning the harp through the medium of Welsh, Anna graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with a Master of Arts in harp performance with Distinction, along with a DipRAM for her high final recital mark. Anna was the Nansi Richards 2023 competition winner and was a grand finalist in the John Fussell Trust Award.
‘Yesterday’s performance was an absolute hit with our residents! […] Our residents were so uplifted by the visit that we didn’t carry on with planned activities as they were so buoyed up by it that they talked together about it for the next hour.’ – Spring Grove Care Home
