Anita is a jazz pianist and composer who has been a lecturer at the jazz school in Wellington since 1995. She studied both in NZ and at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in the Netherlands, Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada, and the Berklee College of Music in the USA.
Anita has performed with musicians such as Gordon Brisker, Kenny Wheeler, Harvey Wainapel, Dale Barlow, and Eric Marienthal. She has performed at the Wellington International Arts Festival, Wellington Jazz Festival, Christchurch Arts Festival, Queenstown Jazz festival, and Tauranga Jazz festival.