Jessica Chang

Violist Jessica Chang is the founder of Chamber Music by the Bay, which brings concerts to schools, libraries, and communities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. As a passionate chamber musician, she has performed throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, with performances broadcast on NPR’s Performance Today, WNYC, WHYY, and WQXR Public Radio. Her festival appearances include Festival Mozaic, Music in May, Bard Music West, the Perlman Workshop, Aspen, Verbier, Tanglewood, Taos, Prussia Cove, Juneau Jazz and Classics, Music from Angel Fire, and the Savannah Music Festival. She has also served as violist of the Afiara Quartet, including as the Quartet-in-Residence at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and visiting faculty at the Banff Centre. Jessica is a graduate of Yale, the Juilliard School, and the Curtis Institute of Music. She performs regularly with Ensemble San Francisco, SAGE, and Chamber Music Silicon Valley, and she has an additional career in information security.