Jessica Pavone

Jessica Pavone is a string instrumentalist, composer, and teacher based in New York City. Most recently, she has performed as a violistin a duo with Mary Halvorson (guitar and viola), in a duo with Jacob Danziger (viola, violin and computer) Taylor Ho-Bynum+IBk-s Spider Monkey Strings, String Trio with Terrence Murren (bass) and Gil Selinger (cello), and as an electric bass player in Jason Cady and the Artificials. She is currently writing new solo music for the viola. Her music has been heard throughout the the northeast in venues such as the Kitchen in New York and Real Art Ways in Hartford, Connecticut. She has also worked with composers such as Butch Morris, Evan Hause, James Fei, Assif Tsahar, Kevin O'Neil, Andrew D'Angelo, and Seth Misterka. Her compositions have been documented on Peacock Recordings (www.peacock-recordings.com), and she appears on the recordings of Assif Tshar (New York Underground Orchestra - Hopscotch), James Fei (Proun Space - Organized Sound), Butch Morris (The Jump Arts Orchestra / Conduction 117 - Jump Arts Records), Jackson Moore (The Laboratory Band - Peacock), and the Middletown Creative Orchestra (Newsonic).