Bio

Jenni began her teaching career at Rainbow Mountain Children's School in Asheville, NC, while also working as a professional jazz pianist and touring with musicians throughout the East Coast and southeastern United States. She later taught middle and primary school general music in Greenville, NC before moving to the Wake County Public School System in 2008, where she achieved National Board Certification in Early/Middle Childhood Vocal Music in 2009.

Jenni has received multiple grants supporting music education initiatives, including a Bright Ideas grant that funded a Yamaha Music in Education (MIE) keyboard lab for her school in 2012. In 2014, she began piloting the QuaverEd music curriculum, which now serves millions of students worldwide and partners with organizations including the National Museum of African American Music, International Society for Technology in Education, American School Counselor Association, and National Association for Music Education.

A dedicated advocate for music education, Jenni has served as both a United Arts Council representative and co-chair of WCPSS Elementary Music Professional Development. She has facilitated workshops for educators on topics including marketing, fundraising, and curriculum development. During the 2020–21 and 2025–26 school years, she collaborated with Wake County music colleagues and the Quaver team to develop and align district pacing guides and updated Essential Standards for elementary music instruction.

Jenni was selected as one of four curriculum authors for the North Carolina Symphony Education Concert materials in 2015 and 2021. Her schools have been featured in Wake County Public Schools media, the News & Observer, WNCN’s “Cool School of the Day,” and UNC-TV’s North Carolina Now. Her classroom was also highlighted in QuaverEd’s Teacher Voices article, “Building a Bridge to Learning and Discovery,” written by Kristin Clark Taylor.

When she is not teaching, Jenni enjoys traveling and exploring local culture with her husband and their twins.