Jen began playing the piano in the second grade. Although she enjoyed learning classical pieces, sometimes she would write her own songs instead of practicing her assigned lesson. Thus began her love of writing lyrics and melodies. She wrote her first song in the seventh grade and hasn't stopped since.
During the summer of 1994, Jen attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass. In 1999, she graduated from Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y., as an S.I. Newhouse Scholar with a major in magazine journalism and minors in music industry, English and textual studies. She studied voice there with Janet Brown. While abroad for a semester in London, England, she studied with Jenny Tatum, who trains performers in the West End
Theatre District. Her current vocal coach is Badiene Magaziner in New York City.
Jen began to play the guitar during the summer of 1998, and in June 2002, she completed a songwriting course with Pat Pattison of Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass. She is an ASCAP member.
| Birthday |
July 26 |
| Birthplace |
Reading, Pennsylvania |
| Hometown |
Hershey, Pennsylvania |
| Eye color |
Brown |
| Hair color |
Light brown |
| Siblings |
One brother, Andy |
| Favorite food |
Thai, Indian, anything organic |
| Favorite season |
Summer: I love waking up to the sound of birds singing outside my window. |
| Favorite flowers |
Red roses. Listen to "Yellow Roses" to find out why. |
| Favorite sports |
Swimming and tennis |
| Favorite fiction books |
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis, and
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle. Both authors were way before their time. |
| Favorite movie |
It's a Wonderful Life |
| Favorite musicians |
Amy Grant and Carole King are two of the finest, most talented female artists ever. |
| Favorite performance |
Madame Butterfly at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England. This performance was a true inspiration for me. |
| Favorite vacation spot |
The beach, especially Jamaica and Isla Mujeres, Mexico. |
| Favorite European highlights |
Experiencing the mountains of Switzerland; attending a bull fight in Madrid,
Spain; punting in Cambridge, England; seeing the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, Italy. |
| Favorite outdoor adventures |
Riding a horse through the Caribbean Ocean, swimming with dolphins in Mexico, rock climbing at Great Falls Park, Va., riding in a hot air balloon in Pennsylvania, and a Jeep safari in Jamaica. |
| Favorite painting |
Two Young Girls at the Piano by Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1892 |
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