Anna Sheppard is a freelancing trumpet player and teacher in the greater Richmond area, performing with such ensembles as the Richmond Symphony, Williamsburg Symphony, Charlottesville Symphony, North Neck Orchestra, the Virginia Oratorio Society, and more. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati-Conservatory of Music, Sheppard earned a Master’s Degree in Trumpet Performance in 2024. While at Cincinnati, she held an assistantship playing, coaching, and performing in the CCM Graduate Brass Quintet. She also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Instrumental Music Education and a Certificate in Trumpet Performance from Appalachian State University. She has performed as a soloist on such works as Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, Neruda’s Trumpet Concerto in E flat, Copland’s Quiet City, and Saint-Saën’s Septet for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings. She is the recipient of the Joe Phelps Trumpet Achievement Scholarship and a member of Phi Kappa Lambda and the International Trumpet Guild.

Sheppard is also involved in other musical fields. Recently, she has been published in the International Trumpet Guild alongside her colleague Dr. Michael Mergen for a multipart interview of Matthew Harding, solo cornetist of the “President’s Own Marine Band”. Additionally, Sheppard was a coauthor of a chapter titled Reclaiming Musical Identities Confounded by Physical Injury and Damage with Dr. Katy Strand and Dr. Jennifer Snodgrass in Trauma Resisted and (Re)Engaged: Inquiry into Lost and Found Narratives in Music Education, published under Springer Publishing (2024). Additionally, she has worked as a research assistant under Dr. Jennifer Snodgrass, working on books such as Contemporary Musicianship: Analysis and the Artist and Teaching Music Theory: New Voices and Approaches. Sheppard was also a tutor in the Learning, Research, and Technology Music lab as well as serving as a TA in Music History in her undergrad.