Jessica Zweig

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ABOUT JESSICA ZWEIG

Clarinetist and educator, Jessica Zweig, believes that all children deserve the opportunity to engage in high quality music education. As Program Director at Play On, Philly (POP), an El Sistema-inspired intensive after-school music program for Philadelphia youth, Jessica is responsible for all aspects of programming including crafting engaging curriculum for over 250 K-12 students in Philadelphia and leading and training talented teaching artists in topics as far ranging as instrumental pedagogy and student-engagement to classroom equity and cultural competency. Jessica formerly served as the Site Director for Play On, Philly at St. Francis de Sales School and Program Manager at Harmony Program in New York City. As a Board Member of El Sistema USA, Jessica serves as the chair of the Membership and Engagement Committee and served as chair of the 2018 Symposium which focused on collective impact and racial equity. As a trained, professional clarinetist, Jessica has performed extensively throughout the Washington, DC area as well as in Perigord, France and Vienna, Austria. As the Founder and Artistic Director of All Points West chamber music collective, she collaborated with notable institutions such as the Woodrow Wilson House, the Sackler Gallery, the Atlas Performing Arts Center and the National Trust for Historic Preservation to create innovative classical music programming in unusual spaces. As an educator, Jessica taught elementary school music at the Sheridan School (Washington, DC) and served as clarinet faculty at Suitland High School for the Performing Arts. Jessica received her B.M. and M.M in Clarinet Performance from the University of Maryland, School of Music