Jessica Powell

Jessica Powell has been the recipient of critical acclaim for her work as a continuo bass player. “Bassist Jessica Powell played with a natural expressiveness that never broke the regularity of the rhythm” (Montpelier Times Argus). She is a founding member of Callisto Ascending, recently featured at New York's Times Center, and freelances actively throughout the New York area. Jessica is currently a doctoral candidate at SUNY-Stony Brook. She is a graduate of Cincinnati College-Conservatory and the Eastman School of Music. Jessica has performed at the Boston Early Music Festival, the Amherst Early Music Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Lucerne Festival. She freelances actively on modern and baroque bass and viola da gamba in New York and Washington, DC. In addition to performing, Jessica works as a grant writer and fundraising consultant.