Miss. Anna Hughes

Anna Hughes started out as a Suzuki student at the age of three in the Suzuki String School of Guelph. Her mother, Daphne Hughes, was her first teacher and her main teacher was Tom Wermuth. After leaving the Suzuki Program, she went on to the Orchestral Training Program at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto where she studied with Moshe Hammer for a year. Anna’s orchestral training was enhanced by attending the National Youth Orchestra of Canada for two summers. Following the Orchestral Training Program she did her Bachelor of Music Performance Degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music. In Cleveland she studied with David Updegraff and David Cerone and completed a year of Suzuki Pedagogy with Michele George.

Anna has taught and done freelance work in Winnipeg, England, and throughout Southern Ontario. Currently she has a private teaching studio in Guelph Ontario, is the Personnel Manager for the Niagara Symphony. She continues to freelance throughout Southwestern Ontario and beyond .