Anna Fritz : cello, vocals (collaborating with a host of other musicians for live performance)
Influences
Woody Guthrie, Ani DiFranco, Pete Seeger, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Yo Yo Ma, Sinead O'Connor, Charlie King, Beethoven, Peter Mulvey, Saul Williams, Mark Summer, The Indigo Girls, Johnny Cash, Solas, The Be Good Tanyas, Michael Franti, The Beatles, Tori Amos, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Holly Near, Jimi Hendrix, Lynn Harrell, Darol Anger, Cat Stevens, The Grateful Dead
Anna Fritz is a cellist, singer, and songwriter based in Portland, Oregon. She was born, raised, and trained as a classical cellist in the Midwest, traveled the States having adventures, and then settled in her true home (the Pacific Northwest) in 2000.
Since then, Anna has recorded and toured with indie-rock band Annavox and numerous other projects in the folk/rock/pop/jazz/experimental melting pot that is the Portland music scene. In 2004, she released a solo album titled Wake, combining rich layers of cello with often politically charged lyrics sung in her own clear, simple vocal style.
Anna is currently a core member of the Portland Cello Project, a founding member of the all-female cello quartet, The Rostropobitches, and part of the duo Walking Home. She has performed her original songs with all of these groups and continues to sit in with various stellar bands and artists on their recordings and performances. Anna also teaches private cello lessons at Starfish Studios in SE Portland. She is currently accepting new students.
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Thank you for adding me! I got your name from the stringworks message board. I love your CD. How do I buy one?
Are you accepting new students at all? I have been playing for about 14 years but I am rusty. Do you offer any evening/weekend classes?
Take your time responding. I don't even have a local cello yet (my student cello is over 3k miles away and I just decided to 'replace' it with a stringworks KB but its on backorder).
