Anna Petersen joined the NAC Orchestra as Second Oboe and English Horn in 2013. She has performed orchestral and chamber concerts throughout Canada and the United States, and internationally in China, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and Europe.

Before joining the NAC Orchestra, she held positions as Principal Oboe of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and as a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. She has enjoyed guest appearances as Principal Oboe with the Utah Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Wichita Symphony, The Florida Orchestra, Lake Placid Sinfonietta, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom she made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2013.

In addition to her orchestral career, Anna is an active soloist and chamber musician She has been a soloist with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Syracuse Symphony

Orchestra, Symphoria, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra, Lake Placid Sinfonietta, the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, and has performed as a finalist in the Coleman Chamber Music Competition in Pasadena, California. Anna has been a featured performer at Ottawa Chamberfest and the Montreal Chamber Music Festival, a fellow at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, a participant in the Masterclass Program at the Banff Centre for the Arts, and a performer at the Skaneateles and Bravo! Vail Valley Music festivals.

An experienced teacher, Anna is currently a member of the oboe faculty at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music. Previously she taught at the University of Ottawa, Syracuse University’s Setnor School of Music and SUNY Geneseo. In 2018, she was a guest member of the Prairie Winds at Madeline Island Chamber Music, and during the summers of 2012 and 2015, she was a coach at the Bennington Chamber Music Conference in Bennington, Vermont. Her students have gone on to study at some of the most prestigious conservatories in North America, including the Curtis Institute of Music.

Anna earned her Bachelor of Music and Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. Her primary teachers include Richard Killmer and Suzanne Geoffrey.

In addition to her musical life, Anna is also an internationally certified yoga teacher. She has completed 300 hours of training in Bali, Indonesia and is the founder of the Passionflower Yoga online yoga studio.