Jessica Ma is a freshman at Lexington High School. She has been studying erhu with Mr. Lin Zhantao for the past four years. She is also a member of Boston Erhu Ensemble (BEE), and performed with BEE in many places, including the Boston Children's Museum, Boston Public Library, Boston Dragon Festival, Harvard China Day and other schools, senior centers, churches and community centers. In 2012, as a BEE member she performed at the well-received BEE Spring Concert "Cloud Chasing the Moon" and received a team award from the “Youth Poetry in Silk and Bamboo” 7th Annual Chinese Music Instrument competition in 2014.
In addition to Erhu, Jessica started her violin study at the age of five, and is currently studying with Ms Fudeko Takahashi from New England Conservatory. Jessica was a member of large ensembles at BYSO and NEC. As a member of the Lexington Middle and High School Orchestras, she also performed at the junior and Senior District Festival Northeast Division of Massachusetts Music Educators Association.
Jessica is very much looking forward to performing with all the artists, and will play erhu in the upcoming concert “ The sound of China: Music from the Dream of the Red-Chamber”