Jessica Folson is a versatile and instinctive artist who performs all genres with ease and energy. As an active freelancer and teacher in the Bay Area, some of her recent career highlights include playing for the musical Galileo with Berkeley Rep, collaborating with Grammy-award winning composer Kinan Azmeh, playing at SF Jazz with Chris Potter, and recording at Skywalker Studios with 3232 Productions. As an orchestral musician, Jessica plays with many Bay Area orchestras including the Monterey Symphony, Stockton Symphony, Vallejo Symphony, and the California Symphony, and recently won a one-year position with the Boise Philharmonic.

Jessica maintains an expanding private violin studio and is an orchestra coach at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory in San Francisco. Jessica earned her master’s degree at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Simon James.