Born in the United Kingdom into a family of fine classical musicians, Jenny trained at the Guildhall School of Music in London as a student of David Takeno. Diverting for a few years to explore her love of culinary arts, she resumed musical studies, acquiring degrees in violin performance at the New England Conservatory of Music and viola at SUNY, Stony Brook. Jenny played for many years with Craig Smith and Emmanuel Music, performing on their Bach cantata series. She was principal violist of the New England String Ensemble, tenured violist with the Boston Lyric Opera, and was a member of the Boston Philharmonic and other contemporary and early music groups. Currently a member of the Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra, she also performs with Sarasa and other chamber ensembles on both period and modern instruments. Engagements have led Jenny to live performances at Boston’s WGBH recording studio and on some of the world’s finest stages in the United States and abroad.
A passionate, dedicated teacher, Jenny teaches at Concord Academy, the New England Conservatory of Music preparatory school, and at her home studio. Her students have participated in all of the greater Boston area youth orchestras. Jenny is a trainee in body mapping studies, and in her spare time she loves to grow greens, collect pottery, and feed friends with the former in the latter!
