Dr. Jessica Warren is an oboist on the East Coast, performing with ensembles including the National Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, Richmond Symphony, , Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, Wintergreen Festival Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Symphony Orchestra, and Virginia Symphony Orchestra. She has been a featured soloist with the Berkshire Bach Society, was a an oboe fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center in 2017 and 2018. 

 

Dr. Warren currently serves as Professorial Lecturer of Music at the Corcoran School of Arts and Design at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Additional teaching engagements include DC Youth Orchestra Program, Potomac Valley Youth Orchestra, and the Potomac School in McLean, VA. She has worked with advanced high school and college oboists at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, New England Conservatory Preparatory School, and as an Associate Instructor at Indiana University. 

 

She is a gouging machine repair specialist for Harvard Double Reeds, and currently serves as the News of Interest Coordinator for The Double Reed, the journal of the International Double Reed Society. Her dissertation, "Significant Learning as Reedmaking Pedagogy", evaluated and reimagined collegiate reedmaking curricula. She also regularly presents lectures and masterclasses in the area of mindfulness in reedmaking and practicing. 

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Dr. Warren earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Boston University, studying under John Ferrillo. She was a student of Linda Strommen at Indiana University, where she received a Performer Diploma and Master of Music degree, and holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Ohio State University, where she studied with Robert Sorton. She currently lives, performs, and teaches in Washington, D.C.