Educator

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Jessica currently serves on the faculty of The Juilliard School specializing in E-Flat Clarinet and their Music Advancement Program. She regularly conducts wind sectionals and made her conducting debut with The Juilliard Pre-College Wind Ensemble in 2021.

She was recently appointed Clarinet Studio Head Faculty at OAcademy Music Conservatory, a modern, flexible learning approach that pairs artist training with technology, a global network, peer-learning, and career development.

She served on the faculty of the Mason Gross School for the Arts at Rutgers University for over ten years, and has taught at Carnegie Hall’s NYO2, the Pacific Music Festival in Japan, Festival Napa Valley, and the Verbier Festival. She regularly teaches private lessons.

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Jessica has worked closely with Backun Musical Services to promote and design products for E-Flat clarinet and she was an integral part of the formation of the MOBA products. She has also collaborated with Backun Musical Services on over twenty educational YouTube videos. Her videos The Eb Clarinet Made Simple Mastering the Eb Clarinet Legato and Finger Exercises have collectively garnered over 45K views, with Becoming A Great Second Player Reeds: Proper Preparation is the Key and Ultimate Audition Preparation over 15k views each.

A seasoned music educator, Jessica has taught all over the world, with recent notable masterclasses at NYU, Stony Brook University, the University of Alabama Birmingham, Juilliard Pre-College Summer Winds Program, the University of Miami Frost School of Music, Eastman School of Music, Florida State University, Manhattan School of Music Pre-College, Northwestern University, California State University at Northridge, Western Washington University, and at the Suwon and Donkok Universities in Seoul Korea.