Jenna Brixius is a dedicated flute studio director, educator and performer. She enjoys teaching her students how to creatively explore the principles underlying tone, air use, and instrumental virtuosity. She has performed with the Palm Beach Symphony, the Symphony Orchestra Academy of the Pacific, the Florida Wind Symphony, and the South Florida Symphony Orchestra, in addition to various freelance ensembles. She has also been delighted to lead and perform in composition classes with the Little Orchestra Society.
Jenna integrates Alexander Technique (AT) principles into her pedagogy as a means of teaching her students and musicians how to access their freedom of creative musical expression. She has introduced the principles of the Alexander Technique to young musicians at the acclaimed Meadowmount School of Music and several music programs.
She has taught at the Querflöte Musikkurswochen in Switzerland, in addition to presenting at the Florida Flute Association (FFA) convention and judging for the Texas Music Educator Association (TMEA) All-State flute auditions.
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Jenna has been an Artist-in-Residence in elementary, middle and high school music programs, including Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Dillard Center for the Arts, Jupiter High School, Christa McAuliffe Middle, Wellington High School, and the Oxbridge Academy. For several seasons, she also directed orchestral woodwind sectionals with the Youth Orchestra of Palm Beach County (YOPBC).
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Over the past decade, students from her studio have been accepted into music programs across the USA, including collegiate music schools and conservatories (Eastman School of Music, Indiana University, University of Michigan, the Hartt School of Music, the University of Georgia - Athens, Florida State University), All-State Bands, NAfME's All-National Band, Florida Flute Association's High School Young Artist Competition, and New World Symphony's Side-by-Side Orchestras. Studio students have been excited to receive admission into the competitive Bak Middle School of the Arts, New World School of the Arts High School, and A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts.
Jenna received her Bachelor of Music from Oberlin Conservatory of Music as a student of Michel Debost, former principal flute of the Orchestre de Paris. She has also studied with Eva Amsler, Walfrid Kujala, and Kathleen Chastain, in addition to masterclasses with Amy Porter, Molly Barth, and Alexa Still.