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From clubs to concert
halls, Jessie Reagen takes the stage with pride. Jessie is the
resident cellist in DBR & THE MISSION (Opus 3 Artists), the
quartet SN4, and at Congregation B'nai Jeshuran on Manhattan's
Upper West Side.
As creator of the Hustla Symphony Orchestra, Jessie performed with
Jay-Z celebrating the 10th anniversary release of "Reasonable
Doubt" at Radio City Music Hall. This concert featured Music
Director Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson (The Roots) and special guests
Beyonce, Sauce Money, Pain In Da Ass, Memphis Bleek, Foxy Brown
and the Illadelphonics. Often spotted on TV, Jessie has also
performed with Roberta Flack, Mika, Kanye West, Adam Levine, Sarah
Brightman, Jewel, Enya, Il Divo and Josh Groban at Madison Square
Garden, Live 8 – Philadelphia, SNL, Rockefeller Center's Tree
Lighting ceremony, Lincoln Center, TRL, Today Show, The View and
The Martha Stewart Show among others.
Jessie has had the
pleasure of recent and ongoing collaboratings with Savion Glover
(Classical Savion), Hillary Easton and Tom Cabaniss (It's All
True, Noise & Speed),
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Bill T. Jones/Arnie
Zane Dance Company, DANCE This..., Divahn, Frantic Turtle, East
Village Opera Company, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Cole Gentles
Symphonic Rock Revival, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Philip Glass. In
addition, Broadway and Off-Broadway theater credits include
Legally Blond, Light in the Piazza, American Girl Review, Little
Women, Orlando in Love and cellist/inmate in Misterioso.
Classically trained, Ms. Reagen is a former winner of the Mannes
Concerto Competition, the Illinois ASTA Competition, and the
Rembrandt Chamber Players Competition. She has been a finalist in
the Julius Stulburg International Competition, and a semifinalist
at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. Jessie has
performed as a soloist and chamber musician across the USA,
France, Japan, Australia, Luxembourg and Brussels as well as under
the batons of Michael Tilson Thomas, Philippe Entremont, Samuel
Wong, David Hayes and Charles Dutoit. Jessie has recorded for
Naxos American Classics, Bridge Records, Sony BMG and Rock-a-fella
Records.
Ms. Reagen holds a Bachelor of Music and a Professional Studies
Diploma from Mannes College of Music where she was a scholarship
student of Timothy Eddy (Orion String Quartet) and Carter Brey
(New York Philharmonic). She is currently on faculty at the
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