Passionate about education

Ms. Meyer is equally known for her inspirational work as an educator, where she not only teaches technique and interpretation, but also empowers musicians with networking, communication, teaching, and entrepreneurial skills so they can be the best advocates for their own careers. Her workshops have been featured at the Juilliard School, the Curtis Institute of Music, for the Teaching Artists of the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Manhattan School of Music, the Longy School of Music, NYU, the Chamber Music America Conference, and at various universities around the country. Jessica has conducted hundreds of workshops for students and adults for Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Caramoor, the Little Orchestra Society, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. She has also spent years training the musicians of tomorrow to connect with any community of today.

She is most passionate about getting musicians of all ages off the page to activate their own creativity, improvise, and awaken their own inner composer – which in turn makes them better performers. In addition to teaching virtual workshops, live engagements have been for the Moab Music Festival, the National Youth Orchestra of Carnegie Hall, for the North Carolina Chamber Music Institute, and in residencies where her music is programmed. For two years, she created and led a Teen Composer Intensive at New England Music Camp so that teens of all abilities can develop their craft, amass recordings for their portfolio, and connect with both professional and student performers. For the past few summers, she served as the Composer in Residence for the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival at The Juilliard School and led their Emerging Composer Program.

Currently, she serves on the viola and chamber music faculty at the Manhattan School of Music, training students on becoming the best version of their artistic selves while learning how to build a life in music.