Jennifer began piano lessons at eight years old, picked up violin in high school, and viola in college. Her love for music and teaching inspired her to pursue a degree in music pedagogy. She graduated university in 2013 with a 4.0 and received her MM in piano pedagogy. While in college, she tutored music theory and English, played percussion and piano in symphonic band, violin in several orchestras, and was one of the college's top accompanists. She won 4th place in the MTNA Piano Sonata Competition for college students in Florida. Jennifer also had the privilege to study piano under Sheila Paige where she learned Taubman and Alexander Technique, as well as the techniques and principles of piano playing used by Beethoven and concert pianist Magda Tagliaferro under the pedagogy of Daisy de Luca Jaffe. Since college, Jennifer has continued her education by studying Russian-American piano methods and pedagogy under Irina Gorin, and the violin pedagogy of Mimi Zweig and Paul Rolland. She has also continued to perform through accompanying, collaborating with other musicians, and performing for events.
Jennifer teaches beginner through college-level piano and is well versed in Classical music, hymn-playing and church music, improvisation and arranging, and music theory. She also teaches beginner to intermediate violin and viola and teaches Classical music, church music, fiddling, and theory. Jennifer currently runs a studio of 40+ students, and over the years, many of Jennifer's students have competed or performed and won awards in MTNA and NFMC.
