Mrs. Emily Anderson received a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN.  Her primary instrument is the violin and it is her 13th year of teaching. Prior to teaching at Turtle Elementary, Mrs. Anderson taught for 7 years in Burnsville-Eagan-Savage and in Faribault, MN. 

Mrs. Anderson has performed with several local community ensembles, including the Lyrica Chamber Ensemble, Northern Symphony Orchestra, Kenwood Symphony, Dakota Valley Symphony and most recently, the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra. She is a certified Suzuki Violin Instructor for Books 1-3, and studies with Mrs. Kathy Wood.

In her free time she enjoys reading and spending time outdoors with her husband and two dogs, Junebug and Hercules.