Anna Paddock is a songwriter and pianist currently based in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and three kids.  Anna has a background in classical piano  and earned a Masters of Music in Composition from New York University, where she began writing songs.  She currently teaches in New York and also performs with her husband Patrick as  The Lay Awakes.  Her compositions have taken her around the world as she has  collaborated with dancers, film directors, artists, and fellow songwriters.