Anita started arranging music for her classmates when she was 16, as the accompanist for the show choir at Kennedy High School in Bloomington, MN. A classically trained pianist who studied at the University of Minnesota School of Music, she then returned to Kennedy as a director and began arranging all of their competition shows. In 2002, Anita decided to make the leap into full time arranging and publishing by founding ShowChoirStock.com—the only music publisher dedicated exclusively to show choir music. Her recent passion is the craft of songwriting, and she enjoys teaching virtual songwriting workshops as well as in-person songwriting clinics. In addition to running ShowChoirStock.com, she is the composer/arranger and co-designer of Burbank California's nationally renowned show choir "In Sync". In her spare time, Anita enjoys playing keys in the Twin Cities jazz combo J Train Jazz. She is married to her show choir sweetheart and her favorite choir kids are their two children, Avery and Axel.
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