About Anna Stafford
Los Angeles solo Artist, musician, composer, and producer,
Anna Stafford's music adds a rich arena of new, uplifting string performance styles
to the Los Angeles Entertainment Industry and abroad. From TV appearances to recording
sessions to her eloquent compositions, Anna adds an unprecidented and rich, enduring
charm to the Los Angeles music scene.
Anna's string production includes five Vitamin Records String Quartet Tribute Albums to Thrice,
Lacuna Coil, INXS, Deftones, and Morrissey, and solo albums including Christina Aguilera and DMC.
Anna's arrangements and compositions include work with producer Joel Diamond, DMC, Zenvox, Vitamin
Records, Storm Productions, Prism Trio, and Bel Air Presbyterian Church. Her television arrangments
include the documentary "Alexander the Great," and film short "Well Sooted" (2006). Her TV credits
include the Ellen Show, JC Penny Jam, and work with artists Mary J Blige, Liann Rimes, 3 Doors Down,
and Andrea Bocelli. As a live show artist, she has appeared onstage with Thrice, 30 Seconds to Mars,
Jack's Mannequin, MASS Ensemble, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme. Recent performances with Kelly Clarkson
led Anna to appearances on
The Tonight Show,
The Early Show, and
Good Morning America.
Anna produces commercial albums with her cellist husband John under StringVision Studios. Their full
commercial studio is home to artists seeking high level string production and energizing rock n' roll
music for strings.
Anna performs on a 2006 David T VanZandt violin and a 1813 Wilkenson and Perry Irish Fiddle (pictured).
For rock jobs she performs on a Yamaha Electric 5-string EV205 with a POD Line 6 pedal board. Her sound
is romantic, gutsy, transparent, and powerful. She prefers Pirastro Evah Pirazzi strings. For TV and
amplified performances she highly recommends the Schertler STAT-V pickup, which unlike any other pickup
retains much of the genuine acoustic quality and natural timbre of the violin.
Anna Stafford began composing and playing piano at age seven and the violin at age nine. A native of
Washington State, Anna studied under Janis Upshall at the University of Puget Sound. At the young age
of 18, Anna composed and recorded a symphonic work for the Tacoma Youth Symphony.
Anna received her BA summa cum laude from Gonzaga University, where she studied philosophy, theology,
and violin under Juilliard-trained violinist Sister Xavier Courvossier, Tracy Dunlap, and composition
under Fr. Kevin Waters. Anna studied abroad in Florence, Italy, performing in many parts of Italy and
Germany, and traveling across Europe and the Middle East. She studied under violinist Warwick Lister of
the
Firenze Orchestra Musicale. Anna received her MM Composition with scholarship from Arizona State
University, where she specialized in music concrete, electronic music, and avant garde string production.
Anna resides in Pasadena.
Anna is endorsed by
Yamaha,
Pirastro, and
Schertler.
