Education

  • MFA, Sound Design (Music Composition Emphasis), Yale School of Drama - Yale University. Project: Missing: A Rapunzel Story, Music and Lyrics by Jennifer Jackson

Biography

Jennifer is an Associate Professor (Clinical) in the Department of Theatre where she teaches Sound Design, Sound Technology, and Music Composition in the Performing Arts Design Program. Jennifer has designed sound and/or written music for Yale Repertory Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Salt Lake Acting Company, and Plan-B Theatre. For the Department of Theatre, Jennifer has designed and written music for The Geography Club, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Owl Girl, Romeo and Juliet, School for Lies, Good Kids, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Love’s Labour’s Lost, and Storm Still.

 

Following her interest in sonic installations and sound art, Jennifer has created installations for Yale University Art Gallery and the University of Utah Department of Theatre.

 

Jennifer received her BFA from the University of Utah Performing Arts Design Program with an emphasis in Sound Design. She received her MFA in Sound Design from Yale School of Drama with an emphasis in music composition. Jennifer is a member of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, the USITT Sound Commission, and the International Organization of Scenographers, Theatre Architects, and Technicians (OISTAT).