MUSE • Musicians United for Social Equity

Biography

Anna Nordmoe is an extraordinary and versatile performer. She is currently a Prologue Musician Swing at Cabaret on Broadway and frequently subs at The Outsiders. She is a NYC Ballet sub and has also subbed on Lempicka and Hadestown on Broadway as well as on Hadestown’s National Tour. She has performed with a wide variety of notable artists including Ed Sheeran, the Who, the Eagles, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Michael Buble, Andrea Bocelli, Jon Batiste, Il Divo, Mannheim Steamroller, Kygo, Jeremy Zucker, Chelsea Cutler, Ben Rector, Lauren Daigle, Beck, Jens Lekman, Michael Card, Rachel Barton Pine, Jennifer Koh, Alon Goldstein, and soloed with Midori at age 14. Anna has recorded for Anderson Paak, is a frequent performer with The Moth, and can be heard in the movie After Death (2023). She plays a variety of movie and video game music, having done Coco, La La Land, and the Polar Express in-concert as well as both Nintendo Live and Final Fantasy live concerts. Anna has played at iconic venues like Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, SFJazz, and the Hollywood Bowl. Anna is also an aerialist, having performed in Teatro Zinzanni’s “Coming Home” show in the band as well as showcasing her unique aerial acrobatics violin act.

Though Anna performs across a multitude of genres now such as jazz & improv, fiddle, and klezmer, Anna was classically trained, performing in Carnegie Hall during her freshman year of college as part of the highly competitive New York String Orchestra. She is a substitute violinist with both the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra as well as the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra and studied with many major concertmasters in the US including David Kim (Philadelphia Orchestra), Simon James (Seattle Symphony), David Halen (St Louis Symphony), and Tim Lees (Cincinnati Symphony). She has also held principal positions over the past 10 years in OperaMaya’s touring orchestra, the official orchestra of the state of Quintana Roo.

She received her Master of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and her Bachelor of Music from the University of Michigan.