Board of Officers, Volunteers, and Coaches

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Rose V. Johnson is an avid chamber musician, lending her skills to several professional ensembles including Compass Winds, Peregrine Rose Trio, and The Ladies' Quintessential Quintet. 

In addition to maintaining a full performance schedule regionally and nationally, her teaching studio garners respect throughout the Pacific Northwest. Her expertise is also in demand as a clinician in higher education, youth ensembles, and school outreach programs. 

As a musician-advocate, Ms. Johnson is passionate about projects that support music education and underrepresented musicians. She seeks out ways to engage composers and collaborators from marginalized groups, with the hope of using her platform to provide opportunity for others. 

Ms. Johnson began formal flute training at the age of 14, with Erich Graf of the Utah Symphony. She continued her studies under the mentorship of Philip Swanson, receiving her Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance from Northern Arizona University. She received a Master of Music in Flute Performance from University of Washington with Felix Skowronek. Ms. Johnson is a Performance Artist for William S. Haynes Flute Company.

Megan Hutchison is a performing flutist and flute teacher in the Seattle area. Megan maintains a private flute studio in Issaquah and teaches at Music Works Northwest. She also coaches weekly flute classes at the Seattle Public Schools district. 

Megan is a recent graduate of the University of Washington, where she completed her Master of Music degree in Flute Performance, studying with Donna Shin. During her time there, she was the teaching assistant for the University of Washington’s Modern Music Ensemble, select music education classes, and flute performance classes. She performed as principal flutist in the University of Washington’s Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. She also won their 2022 concerto competition and performed Carl Nielsen’s Flute Concerto with the UW Symphony Orchestra. Megan received her Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance at the University of North Texas where she studied with Terri Sundberg and James Scott. In her free time, Megan enjoys baking and spending time with her cats.

Anna Larson is a passionate chamber and orchestral musician, as well as a studio musician and soloist. She received her Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees in Violin Performance from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, studying with Austin Hartman and Grigory Kalinovsky. Other mentors have included Jan Coleman and Simon James.

Anna taught for IU’s Fairview Violin Program and as an elementary string instructor in the Monroe County Community School Corporation. Anna is a violinist in multiple regional orchestras and has served as Assistant Principal Second Violin of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and Assistant Concertmaster of the Ensign Symphony and Chorus. Anna frequently performs in collaborative ensemble consonari with her husband, Kaden Larson. 

Anna has participated in multiple international music festivals, including as an Instrumental Fellow for the 2021 Atlantic Music Festival, the Philadelphia International Music Festival, where she received Honorable Mention in the 2017 Concerto Competition, the Pacific Region International Summer Music Academy, and ARIA International Summer Academy. 

Anna is actively involved in supporting and performing contemporary music and enjoys finding lesser-known works from any era, especially those by under-represented composers.

  Anne Marlantes, MA LMHC, spent 30 years in corporate marketing before changing careers to become a mental health counselor. Her marketing career included a wide range of companies such as Apple Computer, Chateau Ste Michelle and Sierra On-Line.  She held senior marketing management positions at Sierra as well as at Speakeasy (a local DSL company) and B Square (another local high tech company). After receiving her MA in 2007, Anne left high tech and opened a private counseling practice where she focused on helping people with eating disorders.  Now retired, Anne spends her time as a passionate amateur flutist and “first reader” of her writer husband’s manuscripts.  She and her husband divide their time between Woodinville and Cannon Beach, Oregon.