Anna hails from Treorchy in the Rhondda Valley. She started playing at the age of 12 at school with the Upper Rhondda Brass Band under the guidance of Leaun Morgan MBE. She then progressed to Principal Cornet of Mid Glamorgan Youth Brass Band and front row with the National Brass Band of Wales

Whilst at school she played for the Treherbert Band and then joined the Lewis Merthyr Brass Band conducted by Brian Buckley where she worked her way up the cornet section to Principal Cornet.

In 1988 Anna studied performance on trumpet under Terry Lax (Principal Trumpet the Welsh National Opera) at the Welsh College of Music and then in September 1989 transfered to University of Salford to study for a BA in Band Musicianship . Whilst at college her cornet tutor was John Hudson who was the Principal Cornet of the Britannia Building Society. She auditioned for Howard Snell and joined the front row in 1990 until 1992.

She has played for various bands in her playing career :-

Desford Colliery Band as "Bumper Up" to Lynda Nicholson.
Principal Cornet at Wingates, Besses o' the Barn - the first female Principal Cornet in its 100 year history, Young Ambassadors Brass Band & Barclays Brass (A band which is made up of Barclays employees).
Repiano at Sellers International Brass Band.
Front Row at Yorkshire Building Society Brass Band.

In 2004 Anna returned to Fodens for a second stint. " I am extremely happy to be back. A new chapter with Gary Cutt and hopefully a very successful time. Who knows Fodens becoming winners of the first English Nationals Champions and National Champions in 2006.

The highlights of her banding career so far are winning the Europeans Championships in 1992 in Cardiff (Year of the Dragon) with Britannia Building Society , Grand Shield with Wingates in 1997 playing Variations on a Ninth and British Open with Fodens in 2004 playing Contest Music.

Anna works for Barclays Bank and is due to be married in 2007 to her long time fiancé Eilir Williams whom she met whilst playing in Wingates.