Anna Marie Blanton

Anna works with numerous musicians around the country. She is happy to do solo engagements or book one of the many ensembles she plays for. Feel free to reach out to her with specific requests.

Anna studied classical violin with J. Patrick Rafferty at the University of Louisville and graduated in Spring of 2010, on a music scholarship, with a Bachelor of Arts in music with emphasis in violin performance and a minor in marketing. She also studied fiddling and mandolin from renowned bluegrass/country musician, Jeff Guernsey.

Anna now enjoys a busy performance career and teaches violin and mandolin lessons at the Conservatory of Music in Clarksville, IN.

Anna currently plays for country band Jericho Woods, the bluegrass band The Porch Possums, and pop/Americana band Southern Sirens. She also performs with numerous regional orchestras including the Paducah Symphony, Jeffersonville River Pops Orchestra, Orchestra Enigmatic, Carmel Symphony, The Classical Hour Orchestra, and Orchestra Kentucky.

In 2017 Anna toured on fiddle and mandolin with Canadian folk singer/songwriter, Colter Wall, in the US, Canada, and Europe.

Anna has performed at 'Abbey Road on the River' since 2010 in the KaLeidoscope I's backup string section where they shared the stage with 2x Grammy Winner Laurence Juber (Paul McCartney's Wings), The Orchestra (former members of ELO), and Ambrosia. She took over as string leader in 2015.

​In 2016 and 2017 she partnered with Kentucky Shakespeare on their productions of Twelfth Night and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead under the music direction of Jack Ashworth.

She's also performed in the backup orchestras for Josh Groban, Evanescence, Disturbed, 2 Cellos, Celtic Thunder, and The Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

You may have heard her playing violin on albums by Quiet Hollers, Sara Trunzo, Britton Patrick Morgan, and The Whiskey Riders.

Past band projects include Keltricity, Jack Holiday and the Westerners, and Field of Kings.

Sound system can be provided.