# Jennifer Choi

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{{Short description|American violinist}}
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'''Jennifer Choi''' is a Korean-American violinist based in [New York City](/source/New_York_City). Choi graduated from the [Juilliard School](/source/Juilliard_School) and the [Oberlin Conservatory of Music](/source/Oberlin_Conservatory_of_Music) and has performed in a variety of settings including solo violin, chamber music, and creative improvisation and performed with the [Oregon Symphony](/source/Oregon_Symphony), the [Portland Columbia Symphony](/source/Portland_Columbia_Symphony), the [Vancouver Symphony Orchestra](/source/Vancouver_Symphony_Orchestra), the [Portland Youth Philharmonic](/source/Portland_Youth_Philharmonic), and the String Orchestra of New York City (SONYC) among others.

== Early life ==
Choi attended [Catlin Gabel School](/source/Catlin_Gabel_School) in Portland, Oregon.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1991-02-24 |title=Youth orchestra in concert |pages=29 |work=The Columbian |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104931607/youth-orchestra-in-concert/ |access-date=2022-07-04}}</ref>

== Career ==
Choi has collaborated with artists such as [Fred Sherry](/source/Fred_Sherry), [Stephen Drury](/source/Stephen_Drury_(musician)), members of the [Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center](/source/Chamber_Music_Society_of_Lincoln_Center), the Corigliano and [Miró String Quartet](/source/Mir%C3%B3_String_Quartet), Fireworks New Music Ensemble, the Either/Or Ensemble,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holland |first=Bernard |date=2007-09-17 |title=Cryptic Messages or Silence From the '60s Avant-Garde |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/arts/music/17kitc.html |access-date=2022-07-04 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and the [Sirius Quartet](/source/Sirius_Quartet).

In 2011, Choi joined the string quartet [ETHEL](/source/Ethel_(string_quartet))<ref>{{Cite news |last=Midgette |first=Anne |date=2012-01-24 |title=Ethel string quartet's powerful music was overwhelming |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/ethel-string-quartets-powerful-music-was-overwhelming/2012/01/24/gIQABnYTOQ_story.html |access-date=2022-07-04 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> where she took the place of [Mary Rowell](/source/Mary_Rowell).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Rory |date=September 2011 |title=Jennifer Choi Replaced Ethel Founding Violinist  |volume=26 |page=19 |work=Strings; San Anselmo |issue=2 <!-- |via=[ProQuest](/source/ProQuest) -->}}</ref>

She has premiered, performed, and recorded works by contemporary composers such as [John Zorn](/source/John_Zorn),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stabler |first=David |date=12 October 2003 |title=Music review howl and honk |pages=E01 |work=The Oregonian; Portland, Or.<!-- |via=[ProQuest](/source/ProQuest) --><!-- No Proquest URL -->}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Watson |first=Ben |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mGvnDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22jennifer+choi%22+violin&pg=PT394 |title=Derek Bailey: And the Story of Free Improvisation |year=2013 |publisher=Verso Books |isbn=978-1-78168-489-4 |language=en}}</ref> [Annie Gosfield](/source/Annie_Gosfield),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rosenberg |first=Marion Lignana |date=2005-06-21 |title=An ethereal mix of satellite sounds and violin |pages=61 |work=Newsday (Nassau Edition) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104931372/an-ethereal-mix-of-satellite-sounds-and/ |access-date=2022-07-04}}</ref> Danielle Eva Schwob,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=16 August 2021 |title=How I write for strings – composer Danielle Eva Schwob |url=https://www.thestrad.com/playing-hub/how-i-write-for-strings-composer-danielle-eva-schwob/13459.article |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=The Strad |language=en}}</ref> [Christian Wolff](/source/Christian_Wolff_(composer)), [Lee Hyla](/source/Lee_Hyla), [Neil Rolnick](/source/Neil_Rolnick), and [Randall Woolf](/source/Randall_Woolf), Elliott Sharp, Richard Carrick, Keeril Makan, Susie Ibarra,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hale |first=James |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_coda-magazine_march-april-2005_320 |title=Coda the Journal of Jazz & Improvised Music March–April 2005: Iss 320 |date=2005 |publisher=Coda Publications |others=Internet Archive |pages=31 |language=English |issue=320}}</ref> and Wadada Leo Smith.

==Discography==
A stalwart in the NYC contemporary music scene, Jennifer has recorded over a dozen albums for John Zorn's label, TZADIK

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://www.jenniferchoi.com/ Jennifer Choi website]

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