JESSICA STANLEY

Jessica Stanley is a brass specialist (tuba, sousaphone, euphonium, trombone) composer, arranger, band leader and educator based in NYC. 

 

She has performed with artists such as Asake, Whiz Kid, and Central Cee with the Red Bull Symphonic and bands such as The Great Long Meadowfire, The Indianapolis Clown's Barnstorm Brass, the NYChillharmonic and Hungry March Band. She performed as Dolores in the J2 Spotlight Theater's off-broadway production of Sugar which was a singing, acting, and trombone-playing role. Appeared in Hermes' immersive theater production Love Around the Block.   She has  performed on TV shows such as Jimmy Fallon's On Brand and the Season Finale of  Apple TV's Severance. She can be seen in Harry Styles' Music For a Sushi Restaurant music video as the trombone-playing prawn. 

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Jessica grew up interested in music thanks to the public school system. Jessica's band directors were her mentors which guided and inspired her to play music as a career. She graduated with her Bachelors of Science in Music Education from Western Connecticut State University with a concentration on Euphonium, and her Masters of Arts in Jazz Performance from Hunter College with a concentration on Trombone. She was awarded the Chamber Music America Ensemble Forward grant in 2022 for her  project,Rhinopuff, formed to push the envelope of tuba-euphonium music.

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Jessica has a passion for music education and believes in the power of music in schools. As a K-12 certified educator in CT and NY since 2017, she currently leads a beginning band instrumental music program to over 200 students. She has taught guitar, ukulele, keyboard, modern band to students K-8. She has led masterclasses on Euphonium for the CT Southern Regionals Festival at Western Connecticut State University. 

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