Jenna Brixius is a dedicated flute studio director, performer and educator based out of New York City and South Florida. She enjoys teaching her students how to creatively explore the principles underlying tone, air use, and instrumental virtuosity. She has performed with the Palm Beach Symphony, the Symphony Orchestra Academy of the Pacific, the Florida Wind Symphony, and the South Florida Symphony Orchestra, in addition to various freelance ensembles. She has also been delighted to lead and perform in composition classes with the Little Orchestra Society in NYC.
Jenna integrates Alexander Technique (AT) principles into her pedagogy as a means of teaching her students how to access their freedom of musical expression. She is working towards the completion of her 1600 hour Alexander Technique teacher certification (AmSAT) in Manhattan, New York.
Jenna has taught at the Querflöte Musikkurswochen in Switzerland, and she completed a teaching internship at the acclaimed Meadowmount School of Music in upstate New York where she introduced the principles of the AT to virtuosic young string players. In addition to presenting at the Florida Flute Association's annual convention, Jenna has judged for Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) All-State flute auditions.
Jenna has taught as Artist-in-Residence in music programs, including Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Dillard Center for the Arts, Jupiter High School, Christa McAuliffe Middle, Wellington High, the Oxbridge Academy, and numerous elementary programs. She also directed orchestral woodwind sectionals with the Youth Orchestra of Palm Beach County (YOPBC) for several seasons. She founded the Summer Flute Week Camp in 2015 and co-directed the Foundations for Flute Education Pedagogy Clinic in 2020.
Jenna's students have been accepted into music programs across the USA, including All-State Bands, collegiate music schools and conservatories (Eastman School of Music, Indiana University, University of Michigan, Florida State University), NAfME's All-National Band, and the New World Symphony Side-by-Side Orchestra. Studio students have been admitted into the competitive Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Bak Middle School of the Arts, the New World School of the Arts High School, and LaGuardia High School of Music & Arts.
Jenna received her Bachelor of Music from Oberlin Conservatory of Music as a student of Michel Debost, former principal flute of the Orchestre de Paris. She has also studied with Eva Amsler, Walfrid Kujala, and Kathleen Chastain, in addition to masterclasses for Amy Porter, Molly Barth and Alexa Still.