Jessie is a NZ-based composer, songwriter and musician working in the creative arts.
With a diverse background in music and the arts, Jessie has developed a broad skill set enabling her to achieve success as a songwriter, composer, arranger and performer. She enjoys collaborating and working across various creative platforms including theatre and screen.
Her highlights for 2018 include having a choral piece workshopped with Karen Grylls and the Auckland Chamber Choir, and travelling to Wellington where her orchestral piece the wilds was recorded the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in Wellington as part of the Todd Young Composer Awards.
Jessie is a long-time barbershop singer, makes learning tracks and vocal arrangements for barbershop and a cappella groups, and volunteers as a national coordinator for Young Singers in Harmony NZ. She travels to judge youth competitions, runs workshops with her quartet and works with teachers and students across the country.
After graduating from the University of Auckland in 2018 with First Class Honours in music composition, Jessie is continuing to pursue opportunities for collaboration as well as building her portfolio of work.
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