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Musician Profile - Anna Mattix
What is your hometown?
Fulton, New York
How long have you been with the BPO?
Since June 2007.
What is your favorite part of being a member of the BPO?
I love sharing music with amazing colleagues and our fantastic audiences.
What is your favorite piece of music?
Whatever I am playing or listening to currently. So in other words, it changes hourly.
What other orchestras have you performed with?
Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony, Louisville Philharmonic, Owensboro Symphony, Albany Symphony, and Fort Wayne Philharmonic
What types of music do you like to listen to?
All types especially when working out at the JCC. My IPod has country, classical, jazz, pop, rock, R&B, etc.
Do you play any other instruments?
Piano, but I played all the instruments as part of my undergraduate Music Education degree.
What do you like to do in your free time?
Workout, hang out with my cat, Smokey, visit my family, read J.D. Robb.
What is your favorite movie?
It's a toss up between The Scarlett Pimpernell and any James Bond Film.
What is your favorite TV show?
Survivor, The Amazing Race, Project Runway, BBC Pride & Prejudice who can pick just one?
What is your favorite restaurant?
My own kitchen- I have not lived here long enough to go out very often.
What do you like best about Buffalo?
Well obviously the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Biography
Anna Mattix joined the Buffalo Philharmonic's Oboe section in June 2007 as an English Hornist. Previous to coming to Buffalo, Anna played principal oboe with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and English Horn with the Owensboro Philharmonic. Anna has degrees from Ithaca College and Yale University and is a doctoral candidate at Indiana University. While at Yale she developed a unique mentoring program between students at the School of Music and an inner city Magnet Arts High School. This program that continues to this day was honored with the prestigious Elm and Ivy award given by the city of New Haven and Yale University. Anna has appeared several times in concert at the International Double Reed Society Conference and is a featured recording artist for Aireborn and Los Lodges studios in Indianapolis. Her major teachers have included Ronald Roseman, Theodore Baskin, Nicholas Daniel and Mark Hill.
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