Dr. Jennifer Jester (she/her/hers)
Associate Professor of Music Business Technology, Instructor of Tuba/Euphonium; Director, Entrepreneurial Leadership Center
Office Hours
T: 9:30 - 11:30 AM
W: 11:00 - 11:30 AM
R: 9:30 - 11:30 AM
F: 11:00 - 11:30 AM
Comments: Wednesday and Friday office hours are at Chryst Hall
Dr. Jennifer Jester is a musician, educator, songwriter, entrepreneur, and board-certified music therapist (MT-BC, NMT-F, NICU-MT).
Currently, Dr. Jester is an Associate Professor in the Tell School of Music, where she teaches Live Audio, Tuba/Euphonium Applied Lessons, Modern Band, Commercial Ensembles, and related courses. She serves as Coordinator of Millersville University’s Paul H. Slaugh Creative Industries & Entrepreneurship Minor.
A low-brass specialist (trombone, euphonium, tuba) and vocalist/percussionist, Jester’s performing credits include the Lancaster British Brass Band, River City Brass Band, Balkan Brass Ensemble, the CalArts Liberation Music Orchestra, Chicano Power Revival, Orchestra Latin Jazz Ensemble, off-Broadway productions, the blues duo Jester & King, and Dr. Jester & the Kings of Swing.
Her recent scholarship includes contributing chapters in two Oxford University Press volumes: Teaching Instrumental Music: Contemporary Perspectives and Pedagogies (2023) and the Modern Band Handbook (2025). Jester founded and ran School of Rock–Springfield, MO (2013–2020), producing seven years of student and adult concerts and events.
She was named a Modern Band Higher Education Fellow by Little Kids Rock (2021) and a Neurologic Music Therapy Fellow (2022).
She holds a DMA (UCLA) in Euphonium Performance with research in interdisciplinary education/entrepreneurship, an MFA (CalArts), a BS (Arizona State University) in Music Performance, and a degree in Music Therapy (Drury University).