Praised for “hypnotic lyricism, causing listeners to forget where they were for a moment,” Annie Jacobs-Perkins is known for “eras[ing] all kinds of boundaries” (USC Thornton School of Music) with her music.

Annie is principal cellist of the Phoenix Chamber Orchestra and cellist of the Callisto Piano Trio, the youngest group ever to medal in the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. She has performed at venues such as the Library of Congress, Het Concertgebouw, Jordan Hall, Carnegie Hall, Berlin Konzerthaus, Yellow Barn Festival, and La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest.

Annie was a 2021 artist-in-residence for NPR’s Performance Today and winner of the New England Conservatory’s 2019 Concerto Competition. She has performed as soloist with the Burbank Philharmonic, Penfield Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes. In 2015 she appeared on NPR’s “From the Top.”

Annie was a 2018 Outstanding Graduate and Trustee Scholar of USC’s Thornton School of Music (BM) and the recipient of the Laurence Lesser Presidential Scholarship from NEC (MM ‘20, GD ‘21). Annie’s teachers include Troels Svane, Laurence Lesser, Ralph Kirshbaum, Kathleen Murphy Kemp, and Guy Fishman.