Annaliese Kowert 

Music

Adjunct Faculty

Biography

Annaliese Kowert is a distinguished violinist with a diverse career in chamber music, contemporary ensembles, and symphony orchestras. She often performs as a violinist with the Nashville Symphony and is deeply involved in chamber music collaborations nationwide. She has performed regularly with the Nashville Chamber Music Society, Chatterbird, Intersection Chamber Ensemble, Alias Chamber Ensemble, Music City Baroque, Early Music City, the Nashville Opera, the Nashville Symphony’s SymphonySync, the Nashville Ballet, and the Peninsula Music Festival. Dr. Kowert enjoys exploring a diverse and open array of music and has an active career rooted in creative collaboration- she is often seen playing in a variety of new project-based innovative art ensembles in music city and nationally. A curious and active studio recording musician, she has contributed to diverse ventures, including tracking strings for prominent recording sessions and collaborative releases. Many of her upcoming performances can be found at https://www.annaliesekowert.net/upcoming-projects.html.

In addition to her performance career, Dr. Kowert has held professional teaching positions previously serving on the string faculty at Chattanooga State University, the Nashville School of the Arts and the Palm Beach Suzuki School. Alongside her institutional roles, she continues to foster the musical development of upcoming string players by maintaining a selective private teaching studio.

Annaliese Kowert holds a D.M.A. and M.M. in violin performance from Stony Brook University where she studied with Jennifer Frautschi and Philip Setzer. She holds a B.M.A. from the Cleveland Institute of Music where she was a student of Paul Kantor. She has played at the new music festivals Big Ears, Bang on a Can and received fellowships from the Aspen Music Festival and School, Eastern Music Festival, Henri Mancini Institute, and Avaloch Farm.