Jessica Meyer
With her “focused, beautifully centered” playing (Allan Kozinn, the New York Times), violist Jessica Meyer is a versatile performer who has been featured as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player throughout the world. As an advocate of new music, she is a co-founder of counter)induction. She has also premiered pieces for solo viola at Merkin Concert Hall and the MATA Festival, and has performed with Continuum and the Argento Chamber Ensemble.
Jessica performs a wide variety of chamber music with various ensembles in the New York area, and is also the founder of Piaclava – a touring clarinet, viola, and piano trio that is often called upon for Educational Outreach concerts. Equally at home with many other styles of music, she has appeared with tap dancer Savion Glover and his jazz band at venues such as the Joyce Theater and B.B. King’s Blues Club.
Passionate about education, Jessica also conducts many workshops for hundreds of public school students and adults throughout the area for the Lincoln Center Institute, the Little Orchestra Society, and the Hudson Valley Philharmonic. Ms. Meyer earned her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School.