Jenna Montes is a senior from Mason, Ohio and is a graduate of William Mason High School. During high school, Jenna played in the Wind Symphony, which performed at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in 2016. Throughout high school she participated in Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra and Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble (CYWE). As a member of CYWE, Jenna was able to perform in the Australian International Music Festival in the Sydney Opera House.

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As a freshman in college, Jenna was invited to participate in The U.S. Air Force Concert Band Collegiate Symposium, where she performed with the ensemble. At IU she has been in Symphonic Band, University Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, and Wind Ensemble. During her time in IU Orchestras she has gotten the opportunity to play side-by-side with The Minnesota Orchestra and The Cleveland Orchestra. Jenna has also performed in the IU Opera and Ballet Theater productions of “West Side Story”, “The Nutcracker”, and Leonard Bernstein’s “Mass”.

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Jenna studied abroad in Vienna, Austria during fall semester 2019 with IES Abroad. During her time abroad, Jenna studied privately with former 3rd horn of the Wiener Philharmoniker, Franz Söllner. She also worked extensively in chamber music, performing pieces such as Rudolf Tillmetz's Nocturne and Franz Lachner's Die Seejungfern.

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Aside from playing horn, Jenna likes traveling, photography, and spending time with family and friends. She spends her summers as a nanny and a camp counselor with the The iBelieve Foundation.