Anna Jane Ryan began her musical tuition at Limerick School of Music where she studied violin with Caroline Ahern. As a student she won many awards, including the first Limerick City Council instrumental Féile Bursary and Bonn Peadar O’ Cillin for achieving the highest result in the country in the Leaving Certificate Music examination.

She continued her studies in MTU Cork School of Music, where she graduated with a first-class honours B.Mus. degree. In 2010 she received her MA in performance (violin), also from MTU Cork School of Music, under the tutelage of Cornelia Zanidache.

Anna Jane also plays traditional music and has won various competitions in Fleadh Ceoil including the Senior Fiddle Slow Air competition in August 2008 in Fleadh Ceoil na hEireann. She maintains an active concert schedule, performing regularly with various orchestras and ensembles and recently completed a tour of the country with Irish guitarist John O’Shea.

Anna Jane has a keen interest in conducting and arranging music.She conducts LSOM Senior Orchestra and the orchestra’s most recent ventures, under her direction, include hugely successful collaborations with Cork ETB Youth Orchestra, Galway Youth Orchestra, St. Pius High School Concert Band and a trip to the UK to perform with Cheshire Youth Orchestra. Anna Jane was appointed deputy principal at Limerick School of Music in 2022.