Anne is a composer, improviser, performer and instrument designer working in a diverse range of music creation. Recent compositions include ‘We Lose Things’ - a piece for shakuhachi, double bass and power pole bells commissioned by the Australian Asia Foundation; ‘Dance in Our Memory’ for choir & strings; ‘Sylvia’s Challice’ for the Federation Bells commissioned by the Melbourne Festival & Melbourne City Council: ‘Heat Wave’ a piece for massed shakuhachis commissioned by the Organising Committee of the 3rd Australian Shakuhachi Festival and broadcast on the ABC.

Anne has directed five seasons of shows for the outdoor program of the Melbourne Festival, and Artistically Directed the Nadoya Music and Dance Company - exploring a theatrical collaboration between dancers and musicians. Anne composes for and performs in a number of instrumental duos and is a member of the ensemble Jouissance which recontextualises early European chant in a contemporary framework. Jouissance has performed in the Melbourne and Adelaide Festivals and in festivals in Norway & Estonia. Anne also works as artist in residence in primary and secondary schools, touring all states of Australia through ‘Nexus Arts’'. In 2001, Anne toured Victoria and SA with the duo Questing Spirit featuring Anne on shakuhachi with Peter Hagen on harpsichord. The duo performs contemporary Australian works, along with adaptations of Japanese and Baroque repertoire. In 2002 Questing Spirit were invited to perform for the Prime Minster of Japan in Sydney.

Originally trained on flute (Bachelor of Music & DipEd at Melb Univ), Anne took up the shakuhachi (bamboo flute) in 1986 while living in Japan. During this period she began composing for Japanese instruments and vocal ensembles. She also wrote arrangements of classical and folk Japanese music for the ensemble “Kansai Wagakki Players” which included members from eight different nationalities. This ensemble received a great deal of media attention with several television appearances.

Anne’s work ‘Inner States’ for solo koto (zither) was recorded by Satsuki Odamura on the Vox Australis label in 1997, the CD winning a 1998 Sounds Australian Award. Anne’s composition ‘Spaces’ for recorder was performed by Rachel Cogan at the First Composing Women’s Festival in Melbourne, & was later recorded by Greg Dikmans. It has been performed numerous times in Europe by Jeanette Hajncl. Anne has also collaborated with QLD composer / cellist Sarah Hopkins in recording a CD with the Gyuto Monks of Tibet. In January 2001, she was artistic director of the 'Sea Ceremony', a community event for the Frankston City Council. This involved over 60 performers comprising a choir, band, dancers, poets, actor & sculptor performing on the sand and in the water. Two new compositions by Anne for choir and band were premiered at this event. Anne is currently working with a new group of young drummers known as The Up Rising, composing works for power pole bells, taiko, found objects and a degree of choreographed movement and voice.