A native of Newton Massachusetts, cellist Jennifer DeVore began studying the cello at the age of 5. After winning a number of local concerto competitions in high school, Ms. DeVore went on to study Art History at Harvard before earning her Masters degree from the New England Conservatory, where her teachers were Colin Carr and Laurence Lesser.

An active chamber musician and soloist, she has appeared at Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, Zankel Hall and Weill Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and London’s Barbican Center and at the Musicorda, Yellow Barn and Spoleto festivals. Groups she has played with include the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jose Limon Dance Company, Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, FLUX Quartet, the Sweet Plantains Quartet, the Sirius and Son Sonora Quartets, Ensemble Pi, and the SEM Ensemble.

A champion of contemporary music, Ms. DeVore has worked closely with composers John Cage, Ornette Coleman, and John Zorn, has premiered many solo and chamber works, played in the Bang-On-A-Can Marathon and on WNYC’s “New Sounds,” and has recorded pieces by Cage and Xenakis, as well as pieces by many American composers. Her diverse interests have led to recordings and performances with artists such as Il Divo, Suzanne Vega, DJ Spooky, Josh Groban, Laura Brannigan, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Pink Martini, and many independent bands in New York. Television appearances include spots on MTV, Good Morning America and Live with Regis and Kelly.

As a member of the Lumina String Quartet, Ms. DeVore has toured Russia and the Ukraine. She also teaches and performs at the quartet’s own Chamber Music Institute for Young People in Stamford CT each summer. Travel with other chamber groups has included concerts throughout Southeast Asia, Europe, Israel and Costa Rica. Her violin/cello duo, Zentripetal, has been giving recitals in New York and along the East Coast for the past four years, most recently at the Goethe Institute, the Roerich Museum, and Greenwich House Music School, as well as in non-traditional venues like night clubs. Ms. DeVore is also a member of the Harrisburg, PA Symphony and teaches at the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, NY where she lives.