杰西卡·迈耶

杰西卡·迈耶, MSM College 中提琴 教师 Member

With playing that is “fierce 和 lyrical” 和 works that are “other-worldly” (用斯特拉瓦迪演奏)和“唤起的”(《火博体育官网》), 杰西卡·迈耶 is an award-winning violist 和 composer whose passionate musicianship radiates accessibility 和 emotional clarity. Her first composer/performer portrait album in 2019 debuted at #1 on the Billboard traditional classical chart, where “knife-edge anticipation opens on to unexpected, 常常狂喜的音乐领域, always with a personal touch 和 imaginatively written for the instruments” (留声机 杂志).

作为一名独唱演员. Meyer uses a single simple loop pedal to create a virtuosic orchestral experience with her viola 和 voice. Drawing from wide-ranging influences which include Bach, 布拉姆斯, 三角洲蓝调, 弗拉曼柯舞, 印度拉格, 和阿巴拉契亚小提琴, Meyer’s music takes audience members on a journey through joy, 焦虑, 愤怒, 幸福, 折磨, 孤独与激情. Her solo shows have been featured at iconic venues such as BAMcafé, 乔的酒吧, 和纽约的交响乐空间, the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, 在巴黎的Sunset Sunside, in addition to venues in Singapore, 瑞士, 越南, 阿联酋及其他地区. At home with many different styles of music 和 an ardent collaborator, Jessica can regularly be seen premiering her chamber works, creating with dancer/choreographer Caroline Fermin, 用巴洛克中提琴演奏, improvising with jazz musicians, or collaborating with other composer-performers. This season brings the long-awaited premiere of “GAEA”, a concerto for herself 和 Chamber Orchestra at Miller Theatre in NYC.

Meyer’s compositions viscerally explore the wide palette of emotionally expressive colors available to each instrument while using traditional 和 extended techniques inspired by her varied experiences as a contemporary 和 period instrumentalist. Since embarking on her composition career nine years ago, premieres have included performances by acclaimed vocal ensembles Roomful of Teeth 和 Vox Clamantis, 圣. Lawrence String Quartet as the composer in residence at Spoleto Festival USA, 美国铜管五重奏, PUBLIQuartet, cellist Am和a Gookin for her Forward Music Project, 爱奢侈享乐的人5, NOVUS NY of Trinity Wall Street, a work for A Far Cry commissioned by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, the Juilliard School for a project with the Historical Performance Program, 和 by the Lorelei Ensemble for a song cycle that received the Dale Warl和 Singers Commission Award from Chorus America.

Her first Symphonic B和 piece recently had a NY Premiere to a sold-out crowd in 卡内基音乐厅 by the “President’s Own” United States Marine B和, 和 her orchestral works have been performed by the Austin, 凤凰城, 北卡罗莱纳, 夏洛特, 和佛蒙特交响乐团, 迈阿密的Nu Deco乐团, at Tanglewood in Seiji Ozawa Hall, 和 all around the country as part of 卡内基音乐厅’s nationwide Link Up Program. She was the winner of the 2nd Annual Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Composer’s Award to write a piece for the Bangor Symphony, 和 a winner of Chamber Music America’s Commissioning Program Award to write for the Argus Quartet. Recent premieres include works for CityMusic Clevel和, musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra, 多里安管弦乐五重奏, 豪斯曼四方, Hub新音乐, 和 the Portl和 Youth Philharmonic in collaboration with the female vocal ensemble In Mulieribus.

Ms. Meyer is equally known for her inspirational work as an educator, where she empowers musicians with networking, 沟通, 教学, 和 entrepreneurial skills so they can be the best advocates for their own careers. Her workshops have been featured at the Juilliard School, 柯蒂斯音乐学院, for the Teaching Artists of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 火博体育, 朗格音乐学院, 纽约大学, the Chamber Music America Conference, 和 at various universities around the country. Jessica has conducted hundreds of workshops for students 和 adults for Lincoln Center, 卡内基音乐厅, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Caramoor, 小管弦乐队协会, 和圣. 卢克的. 目前, she is most passionate about getting musicians of all ages off the page to activate their own creativity, 即兴创作, 和 awaken their own inner composer – which in turn makes them better performers. Her most recent engagements have been for the Moab Music Festival, the National Youth Orchestra of 卡内基音乐厅, 和 for the 北卡罗莱纳 Chamber Music Institute. 过去两年了, she created 和 led a Teen Composer Intensive at New Engl和 Music Camp so that teens of all abilities can develop their craft, amass recordings for their portfolio, 和 connect with both professional 和 student performers. 今年夏天, she will serve as the Composer in Residence for the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival 和 lead their Emerging Composer Program.