Jennifer Jolley

From Wind Repertory Project
Jennifer Jolley (photo: Liz Glenn)

Biography

Jennifer Jolley (b. 1981, Bellflower, Calif.) is a composer, conductor, and music educator.

Jennifer received degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. She is now [2023] an assistant professor of music theory and composition in the Department of Music at Lehman College in the Bronx and was a Fulbright Scholar to Egypt in 2023. She has been a composition faculty member at Interlochen Arts Camp since 2015.

Ms. Jolley's work is founded on the belief that the pleasures and excesses of music have the unique potential to engage political and provocative subjects. Addressing a range of topics such as climate change, #MeToo, feminist history, and the abuses of the Putin regime, Jennifer strives to write pieces that are equally enjoyable and meaningful.

Her works have been performed by ensembles worldwide. She has received commissions from the National Endowment for the Arts, the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music, the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Quince Ensemble, and many others.


Works for Winds

Adaptable Music


All Wind Works


Resources

  • Jennifer Jolley website Accessed 20 March 2017
  • Kirk, Daniel, and Jennifer Jolley. "Lichtweg/Lightway." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 12, Compiled and edited by Andrew Trachsel, 563-569. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2021.
  • The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 369.
  • Leung, Erik Kar Jun. '"Face, Honor, and Family: The Crossroads of Asian Culture and a Career in Music."
  • Wallace, Jacob. "The Eyes of the World Are Upon You." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 12, Compiled and edited by Andrew Trachsel, 759-766. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2021.