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Anna Burden is the associate principal cellist of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) and has performed extensively as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician across the United States and Canada, as well as internationally. Her solo appearances include performances with the OSM, Kamloops Symphony Orchestra, Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra, Washington Chamber Symphony, Juilliard Orchestra, and Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, among others. Burden has received numerous awards, including the Grand Prize in the Music Teachers National Association Competition, several prizes from the Society of American Musicians Competition, and top honors in the Washington International Competition and Stulberg International Strings Competition. A native of Chicago, she has studied under prominent musicians such as Hans Jensen, Joel Krosnick, Alan Stepansky, Richard Aaron, Darrett Adkins, and Nell Novak. She holds a Bachelor's degree from Northwestern University, a Master's degree from the Juilliard School, and a Professional Studies diploma from the Manhattan School of Music. Burden plays a cello made by Carl Becker in 1929.
Department: Department of Medicine. Program: Experimental Medicine.