Anne has lived on Bainbridge Island for 15 years. As a child, she studied piano, voice and music theory at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA. Anne graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Cornish College of the Arts in May, 2005. She earned her BFA in Music/Piano performance.

Anne teaches piano full-time, specializing in jazz, classical and blues. She also teaches teen jazz ensembles and young composers worshops.

Anne composes a variety of music ranging from jazz tunes to liturgical choral music. She is working on a mass for choir and orchestra.

Anne has been a working accompanist since age 12, playing for high school musicals, church choirs, and various vocal and instrumental soloists. Anne has accompanied the Bainbridge Island Chorale for 10 years, and performed with them at Benaroya Hall in 2003. Anne also accompanies the Bainbridge Violin Studio.

The Anne Pell Trio, with Ted Enderle on bass and Korum Bischoff on drums and Anne on the piano, performs jazz classics and Anne's original compositions.

Anne is fluent in French and Spanish, speaks a little Russian and Italian, and recently started a course of study in Arabic. She also plays guitar and flute. She has lived in England and Russia, and enjoys traveling and playing all over the world.