
| Office: | Moody Music 103 |
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| Phone: | (205) 348-7790 |
| Email: | jgregoire@music.ua.edu |
Jenny Grégoire is an Instructor of Violin. She was appointed concertmaster of the Mobile Symphony Orchestra in August 2001 and in 2006, was offered the same position with the Meridian and the Gulf Coast Symphonies. Born in Québec, Canada, Jenny studied at the Québec Music Conservatoire with Jean Angers and Liliane Garnier-Le Sage, where she earned both undergraduate and graduate degrees in violin performance and a minor in chamber music.
Upon leaving Québec, Ms. Grégoire moved to Chicago to attend Northwestern University, where she would obtain a Master’s degree in Violin Performance and Pedagogy with Dr. Myron Kartman. While at Northwestern, Jenny played with the University Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Victor Yampolsky and held the concertmaster position for both years of study. She was also a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and worked with conductors Cliff Colnot, Mistlav Rostropovitch, Pierre Boulez and Daniel Barenboim. In September 2000, Jenny won a fellowship position with the New World Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas.
Jenny Grégoire is an adjunct violin instructor at the University of Alabama and an instructor at the Community Music School. She plays regularly with the Tuscaloosa Symphony and the Pensacola Symphony. During the summer, Ms. Grégoire teaches and performs at the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, NC.
