Jenna Sherry – viool
From New Orleans, violinist Jenna Sherry has lived in the UK since she was
selected as a Marshall Scholar by the British government in 2008. An active
performer, she has appeared at Washington’s Kennedy Center, the Aldeburgh
Festival, the Barbican Hall, the City of London Festival, the Salzburg
Chamber Music Festival and the Wigmore Hall. She has collaborated with
artists including Steven Isserlis, the Dante Quartet, the Peabody Trio,
violist Atar Arad, and pianist Danny Driver.
Equally active in historically informed performances and contemporary
music, Jenna recently performed Unsuk Chin’s Double Bind? for solo violin
and electronics in the BBC Total Immersion Series. The project involved
collaboration with the original performers of the work at IRCAM and
culminated in recording the piece for broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Equally
active as a classical violinist,
Jenna is founder and Artistic Director of the Birdfoot Festival
<http://jennasherry.com/www.birdfootfestival.org> in New Orleans, a chamber
music festival that has been recognized for its fresh approach to
presenting chamber music and its “youthful, rule-bending style.”