Jessica Ray King Studios

I am an an artist-scholar of diverse tastes, talents, and interests. Her research focuses on women in music; recent projects explore the aesthetics of violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and heavy metal music made by women. Apart from her PhD studies at WashU, she serves as an Adjunct Instructor of Music at SC4, a department editor for the American Viola Society Journal, and maintains an active teaching and performing schedule. I enjoy teaching students of all ages and levels, tailoring lessons to each individual’s goals and interests, working as a team to achieve whatever we set out to do!

I obtained my M.M. in Viola Performance as renowned viola pedagogue David Holland's graduate assistant at Central Michigan University and earned her B.A. in Music as a student of Christine Rutledge and B.A. in English with Honors from the University of Iowa. Outside of music she enjoys cooking, traveling, swimming, hiking, dramatic poetry reading, excessive coffee drinking, and training/participating in dog sports with her Border Collie, Ronan Ginsburg Dissents.