Anna Heflin is a composer and writer who creates deeply researched intermedia works and staged performance pieces that incorporate text, theatrical elements, and multimedia components. Her large-scale pieces construct immersive, dream-like worlds, with non-linear narratives that thrive on musical and psychological fragmentation.

Her works have been performed by S.E.M. Ensemble at Bohemian National Hall in NYC, at Cathedral of the Divine Saviour in the Czech Republic as part of Ostrava Days, DOX Prague, PowerStation NYC, Bang on A Can, Banff Centre, Arete Gallery, Spectrum NYC, University of Oregon, Rochester Fringe Festival, University at Buffalo and San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Recent commissions include works for clarinetist Andrew Friedman (2021), Hats + Heels Duo (2021), and Duo Purla (2022). Heflin’s debut album, The Redundancy of the Angelic: An Interluding Play (Infrequent Seams, 2021) is out now on cassette and all streaming platforms and has been lauded as “one of the most adaptable releases of the year to date” (Robert Ham). Recent performances include the world-premiere of a new work for Canticum Ostrava as part of Ostrava Days 2023 and the world-premiere of “To Elvedon” for Duo Purla at The Spirit Room’s Conjure Box as part of Rochester Fringe Festival.

Heflin graduated with her MM in viola performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 2017, where she studied with Jodi Levitz and took electronic music courses in the Technology and Applied Composition (TAC) department. Heflin received her BM in viola performance in 2015 from University of California Santa Barbara, where she studied with Helen Callus. After living in NYC and studying composition with Eric Wubbels for over five years, she moved to Los Angeles and is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Music Composition at USC’s Thornton School of Music, where she is working with faculty members Nina C Young and Camae Ayewa (Moor Mother).

Heflin’s writings are an integral part of her compositions and her work as a journalist is another aspect of her creative process and output. You can find her writings on her site, Which Sinfonia.