Jessica Chen is a dynamic violinist and music educator who loves sharing the joy of music with others. She cultivates a welcoming, holistic, and encouraging musical learning environment for her students. A skilled educator, Jessica facilitates the joyful development of musicianship skills, holistic musical technique, and the tools for artistic expression. Jessica believes that a goal of music education is to develop character, drawing inspiration from Dr. Shinichi Suzuki’s philosophy: “beautiful tone, beautiful heart”. An experienced educator, Jessica has worked with a diverse range of students across the United States and internationally. Specializing in teaching general music, violin, viola, and the Suzuki Method, she has held faculty positions at Stamford American International School (Singapore), Oasis Trilingual Community School (California), and Rocky Ridge Music Academy (Colorado). As an early childhood music educator in Singapore, Jessica taught over one thousand students and brought culturally responsive pedagogy, multilingualism, and the joy of singing, movement, and exploring musical instruments into her music classes. Jessica holds a BM violin performance and music education from Ithaca College and an MM in violin performance from the University of Colorado Boulder. She has also extensive training as an educator in Suzuki Method pedagogy, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), string pedagogy, and early childhood music pedagogy. In addition to her teaching, Jessica is a professional violinist who performs and records across Los Angeles. Recent violin performance highlights include annual galas with Project by Project and Taiwanese American Professionals, LA Sinfonietta Orchestra, and the San Gabriel Valley Symphony. In addition, Jessica is a passionate worship musician and serves regularly with the worship music ministry Stream of Praise 讚美之泉. Drawing on a diverse musical background, Jessica also enjoys making music as a violist, singer, and pianist.