Bio : Artists

Jennifer Rickard : Violin I

Violinist Jennifer Pickard is currently a substitute with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington National Opera Orchestra, and the Richmond Symphony. She is a member of the National Gallery Orchestra and holds a title position in the National Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition, she coaches violin sectionals and the string quartet program for the Northern Virginia Youth Symphony Association and maintains a private teaching studio in her home. Prior to moving to the Washington area, Ms. Rickard played in the New Orleans and Phoenix symphonies, spending the 1991-92 season in New Orleans as associate and acting concertmaster. She received her bachelor?s degree from Barnard College in New York and her master?s degree from the Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati. Ms. Rickard has been on the faculty of Eastern Music Festival since 1990.