Violist Jessica Chang is the founder and director of Chamber Music by the Bay, which brings concerts to pre K-12 schools, libraries, and communities in the San Francisco Bay Area annually. She has performed at festivals including Festival Mozaic, Bard Music West, the Perlman Workshop, Aspen, Verbier, Tanglewood, Taos, Prussia Cove, Juneau Jazz and Classics, Music from Angel Fire, Savannah Music Festival, and been featured in performances on NPR’s Performance Today, WYNC, WHYY, and WQXR Public Radio. She has also served as violist of the Afiara Quartet, with whom she served as Quartet-in-Residence at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto and visiting faculty at The Banff Centre. Jessica holds degrees from Yale, The Juilliard School, and the Curtis Institute of Music, and performs frequently with ensembles including Ensemble San Francisco, Chamber Music Silicon Valley, and the Ives Collective. She also leads a dual career in information security.

Chamber music, solo viola repertoire—flexible depending on the occasion!