VIOLIN

Jennifer Axelson • Violin

A "dynamic and versatile player", violinist Jennifer Axelson is equally at home in both classical and jazz idioms. 

Ms. Axelson has lived and worked in New York as a freelance musician since 1997.  Her orchestra pit experience includes playing at Westport Country Playhouse, DiCapo Opera, and the Actors Shakespeare Company along with many other musicals and operas. 

Jennifer has played at Carnegie Hall, Symphony Space, Webster Hall, Zinc, Shapeshifter Lab, and many other locations throughout New York City.  She regularly plays with the Astoria Symphony, Richmond County Orchestra, and the Firey String Sistas,  just to name a few.  Ms. Axelson also played improvised music for The Scarab Tale, an off-Broadway show.  While living in Madison, Wisconsin she played in the Madison Symphony Orchestra under John DeMain and the Dubuque Symphony under Nicholas Palmer.  Ms. Axelson holds a bachelor of music degree from the University of Wisconsin Madison and a master's degree in jazz from NYU.