Jessica Thompson

Violist Jessica Thompson is a passionate chamber musician and educator who performs regularly throughout the United States and abroad as a member of the Daedalus Quartet.  The quartet, in residence at the University of Pennsylvania, has premiered works by such composers as Fred Lerdahl, Joan Tower, Richard Wernick, and Vivian Fung.  Ms. Thompson has appeared in recital in New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Princeton, NJ, and has performed at numerous festivals, including Portland (ME), Charlottesville, Mimir, Halcyon, Bard Summerscapes, and Skaneateles.  She performs regularly as a member of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra and the String Orchestra of NYC and teaches at Princeton and Columbia Universities, as well as at the Maine Chamber Music  Seminar.  Ms. Thompson performs on an instrument made in 1818 in Milan by Giacomo Rivolta.