Anna Carney, clarinet instructor, has been a member of numerous orchestras in North and Central America. She has an active solo and chamber music career in the United States and abroad and often commissions new works. Ms. Carney has performed and presented at such prestigious conferences as the International ClarinetFest, SEAMUS National Conference, and the College Music Society National Conference in Quebec, among others. She is an active freelance musician in Central Texas as well as a clinician nationwide. She started her music career as a public school music teacher the first seven years of her professional life. Her major clarinet teachers have been Kalman Bloch, James Kanter & Dr. Frank Kowalsky.

As a professor, she believes in teaching the whole student and covering all aspects of music performance. For the music major, it is imperative that the student learns how to be an outstanding musician no matter their field of expertise.

She received here ABD from Florida State University and her BME from San Diego State University.

International

 “At the Gates of Jerusalem” by Israeli composer Amit Weiner, 2021
  YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB9aDOMULeo

BBC Persia Recording of Songs set to Omar Khayam’s “Rubaiyat”
International Association for Jazz Education Annual Conference

College Music Society Conference, Quebec Canada

International Clarinet Association ClarFest

Kitchener-Waterloo Orchestral Winds                      

Tijuana International Orchestra-Tijuana, Mexico     

Guest Soloist

            Southwestern University Wind Ensemble                                                     

            Jefferson City, Missouri Concert Band                                                         

            Texas A&M University Orchestra                                                                 

            Texas A&M University Wind Symphony                                                     

            Williamson County Symphony Orchestra                                                     

            Texas A&M University Symphonic Band                                                    

            San Diego State University Wind Symphony                                               

            Grossmont Symphony Orchestra      

 Solo Recitals/Performances                                                                                                  Faculty Solo Recital, Southwestern University                                             

            Temple College Concert Series                                                                     

            Red Brick Concert Series, Round Rock Texas                                              

            Arte Musique Benefit Concerts                                                                     

            Guest Composer, Solo Clarinet, Southwestern University                           

            Faculty Solo Recital, Southwestern University                                             

            Faculty Solo Recital, Texas A&M University                                              

            Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX                                                  

            Faculty Solo Recital, Texas A&M University                                              

            Faculty Solo Recital Texas A&M University                                               

            Society of Electroacoustic Music National Conference**                            

            Georgetown Palace Theater Concert Series                                                  

            Georgetown HS Benefit Concert                                                                   

            University of Memphis, New Music Festival                                                

            Ouachita Baptist University                                                                           

            University of Mary Hardin-Baylor                                                                

            SAI Scholarship Recital,* Hays, KS                                                             

            Fort Hays State University Recruiting Tour                                                  

            Fort Hays State University Faculty Recital*                                                 

            Fort Hays State University. Faculty Showcase                                             

            University of Texas at Austin Graduate Composition Recital                       

            San Diego State University Concert Series                                                   

            University of South Alabama                                                                         

            University of Florida Electroacoustic Symposium                                       

             Wingate University Concert Series                                                               

            University of Florida Concert Series                                                             

            East Tennessee State University Faculty Recital                                           

            East Tennessee State University Recruiting Tour                                         

            East Tennessee State University Concert Series                                           

            San Diego State University Wind Symphony            

 Chamber Music

            Southwestern University Conducting Symposiums                                      

            Southwestern Faculty Chamber Music                                                         

            Madera Trio, Georgetown Public Library                                                     

            Temple Symphony Chamber Music Series                                                   

            Madera Trio, Southwestern University Concert Series                                 

            Madera Trio, Temple College Concert Series                                               

            Madera Trio, Texas State University                                                             

            Arte Musique, Georgetown Library                                                              

            Arte Musique, Holy Family Catholic Church                                               

            Madera Trio, Texas State University Concert Series                                    

            Brown Symposium, Southwestern University                                               

            Doctoral Candidate’s Recital, University of Texas                                       

            Faculty Recital, Southwestern University                                                     

            San Gabriel Winds, Southwestern University                                               

            Texas A&M University Faculty Composer’s Recital                                    

            San Gabriel Winds; Southwestern University                                               

            Doctoral Candidate’s Recital, University of Texas                                       

            Dickinson College                                                                                          

            Kutztown University Concert Series                                                             

            Sonic Cross Roads, Texas A&M University                                                 

            Sonic Cross Roads, Temple College                                                                                           
            Guest Performer with the Marian Anderson String Quartet                         

            Arte Musique Trio                                                                                         

            St. Judes & Episcopal Seminary Austin, TX—contracted job                      

            University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Faculty WW Quintet Recital                 

            University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Faculty WW Quintet Tour                    

            University of Texas at Austin, Composer’s Recital                                       

            ClariVoce Guest Recital-Benedictine College, KS                                       

            ClariVoce Guest Recital-St. Mary College, KS                                            

            ClariVoce Guest Recital-Central Missouri State University                         

            ClariVoce Guest Recital-W. Michigan University                                       

            ClariVoce Guest Recital-E. Michigan University                                        

            ClariVoce Faculty Recital-Fort Hays State University                                 

            University of Texas at Austin, Composer’s Recital                                       

            Kitchener-Waterloo Orchestral Winds, Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada          

            Appalachian Clarinet Quartet- Tennessee (founder)                                     

            AJA Trio-Tennessee (founder)                                                                      

            F.S.U. Composer’s Symposium Woodwind Quintet                                     

            U.C. San Diego Faculty Sonar Ensemble                                                      

            Karo Quintet- San Diego, CA                                                                        

Recordings                            

1. “At the Gates of Jerusalem” by Israeli composer Amit Weiner, 2021

      YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB9aDOMULeo

     Recorded 2021

2. “Polestar” by University of Florida composer Dr. James Paul Sain

      Parama Records

Recording Pending: 2022

Orchestra/Band

            Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra              

            Temple Symphony Orchestra                        

            Austin Choral Society                                    

            Round Rock Symphony Orchestra                

            Hays Symphony Orchestra                            

            Knoxville Symphony Orchestra                    

            Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra                      

            San Diego Chamber Orchestra                      

            The Sousa Band                                             

            San Diego Light Opera Company                 

            San Diego State Univ. Jazz Band CD           

            Grossmont Symphony Orchestra                   

Festivals           

Festival of The Arts Orchestra, Georgetown TX

            Chamber & Solo Clarinet Festival-of the Arts, Georgetown, TX     

            Cottonwood Chamber Music Festival           

            Chamber Windfest-Wilfred Laurier Univ., Canada  

            Music Academy of the West                         

            Batiquitos Symphonic Orchestra                   

            Taos International Festival Orchestra