Anita Kumar is completing her dissertation towards a Ph.D. in Music Education at the University of Washington. She currently serves as assistant director of the Around the Sound Community Band, an all-ages-and-abilities band that rehearses on Thursday evenings at Music Center of the Northwest, a community music school in the Greenwood neighborhood. Anita also serves as Operations Manager for the Seattle Jewish Chorale.

Previously, Anita was assistant director of the UW Symphonic Band, a graduate instructor and supervisor of Music student teachers, and editorial assistant to the Journal of Research in Music Education. 

Anita came to Seattle after serving as band director at Landmark and Melvin E Sine Elementary schools in the Glendale Elementary School District in Glendale, Arizona, where she was also appointed Lead Band Director from 2011-2014, chairing the district honor band and leading the district PLC. She earned her Master of Music in Music Education from Arizona State University and her Bachelor of Music from Miami University (Ohio.)