Jennifer Girone-Virgilio, Cello
Jennifer Girone-Virgilio is on the faculty at the New England Conservatory Prep Division and the Suzuki School of Newton, and maintains her own private studio. Her students have been accepted into such prestigious programs as the Special Music School, LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts, Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, Interlochen Arts Academy, Manhattan School of Music Summer, Ithaca College Summer Music Academy, and NYU SummerStrings.
Jennifer completed training in Suzuki Cello Books 1-8 with Pamela Devenport at the School for Strings, and Books 9-10 with Tanya Carey. Ms. Girone-Virgilio earned her Bachelor of Music degree in Cello Performance from The Hartt School in Hartford, Connecticut, where she studied with Steven Thomas. She went on to receive her Master of Music degree in Cello Performance at New York's Mannes College of Music, under the guidance of Paul Tobias.
As a performer, Jennifer has appeared as the Principal Cellist with the Mid-Atlantic Foundation for Asian Artists Opera at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C, with the OMNI Ensemble performing Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, in New York, and playing the soundtrack for "The China Question", a documentary directed by Brook Silva-Braga, which has been played and featured on CNBC. She can be heard on Warner Brothers' singer/songwriter Matt White's album, "Shirley," Jeff Litman's "Outside," and Nate Graham's "Daylight." She has also performed with such distinguished organizations as the String Orchestra of Brooklyn, Ensemble 212, the Mimesis Ensemble, Rhymes with Opera, and the Red Door Chamber Players.