Email: jzehngut@ossu.org

Jessica began playing the violin at age 4 when her preschool music teacher told her parents that she ‘had music in her.’ She began teaching violin lessons in high school, and has taught in the State College Area Suzuki Program, was the head of the String Department at Juniata College in Juniata, Pennsylvania, worked for the Upper Valley Music Center based in Lebanon, NH, and has continued to give private string instrument lessons for the past 30 years. She has taught elementary and middle school science,  general education courses at CCV, and worked as a teacher for Oak Meadow, Inc. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science from the Schreyer Honors College at the Pennsylvania State University, and a Masters in Education from Antioch New England. Jessica enjoys fiddling in local bands, and loves playing and listening to everything from Bach to the Grateful Dead.