about jennifer
Dr. Jennifer Jo is a flutist and educator based in Los Angeles. She is a Young Artist for her esteemed flute maker, Haynes Flutes, and plays on a custom 14k gold Haynes flute. She is a member of The Coalesce Duo, which she founded with fellow UCLA alum and harpist, Ginger Rose Brucker.
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Jennifer has been featured as a concerto soloist with the Orchestra Santa Monica at the Redlands Bowl, the Southern California Philharmonic, and the Carnegie Mellon University Wind Ensemble.
An active orchestral and chamber musician, she has performed with many organizations including the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Hall and the Hollywood Bowl, the Pacific Symphony in Irvine, the Civic Orchestra of Los Angeles, New York Flutists, Festival Napa Valley, American Youth Symphony, Westwood Presbyterian Chamber Orchestra, and the Talis Festival. Her engagements have taken her to major halls across the US and internationally to Switzerland, France, Norway, and Canada.
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Jennifer won First Prizes in many prestigious competitions, including the Southern California Philharmonic Concerto Competition, San Francisco Flute Society Competition, South Carolina Flute Society Competition, Sacramento Flute Club Competition, and the Carnegie Mellon University School of Music Concerto Competition.
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She has also won top prizes in the Berkeley Piano Club Winds and Brass Competition, Florida Flute Association Young Artist Comp, New Jersey Flute Society Young Artist Comp, Yamaha Young Performing Artists Comp, National YoungArts Comp, and the Junior Bach Festival.
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​​​Jennifer earned both her Doctorate of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees in Flute Performance from UCLA, where she served as a Teaching Associate for the Woodwind Chamber Music course and a Teaching Assistant for the Art of Listening course. From 2020 to 2024, she was a UCLA Gluck Fellow, performing chamber music outreach concerts throughout Los Angeles, and a UCLA Music Partnership Program Fellow, teaching flute lessons at the Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood. Additionally, she served as the administrative manager of the program.
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Her doctoral dissertation, which explores the intersection of traditional East Asian flutes and their influence on contemporary flute repertoire, has gained recognition and has been presented at global conferences, including the Ewha University Conference at UCLA and the upcoming UCLA Conference on Intersections of Western and Asian Music. You can read the full dissertation here: https://core.ac.uk/reader/612398330
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Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Flute Performance with a minor in Psychology from Carnegie Mellon University, where she graduated with both University and College Honors and was the recipient of the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honors Award upon graduation. She was also a merit-based Carnegie Scholarship and Dingwall Foundation Scholarship recipient for four years.
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Her teachers include Benjamin Smolen, Sarah Jackson, Alberto Almarza, Denis and Erin Bouriakov, Maria Tamburrino, and Jeanne Baxtresser. Additionally, she has performed in masterclasses for Emmanuel Pahud, Philippe Bernold, Vincent Lucas, Julien Beaudiment, Emily Beynon, Lorna McGhee, and Michael Cox.
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Jennifer serves on the faculty at the California Summer School for the Arts at CalArts and maintains an active private studio in Los Angeles. Her students have won major international and national competitions and hold spots in the Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Santa Monica Youth Orchestras. They have held Principal Flute positions in the All-State and All-Southern California Honor Bands and successfully auditioned into college music programs. Jennifer is a MTAC Certificate of Merit teacher, with students successfully reaching all levels, including the competitive Panel Finals with State Honors.
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Jennifer is also an accomplished pianist. She passed the Certificate of Merit Advanced Level with State Convention Honors on piano and won prizes in the US Open Music Competition. As a pianist, she accompanies her students, choirs, and musicals.
