Biography
Jessica Roemischer is a pianist, educator, writer and developmental thinker who is liberating the human spirit through music.
Born into a musical family, Jessica began piano at age six and was
improvising and composing from the outset. Her pedagogical lineage through her mother, pianist Miriam Roemischer, links directly to Frederic Chopin and
Ludwig van Beethoven.
Captivated by the timeless beauty of Bach, Mozart, and Brahms, Jessica was also a "child of the '60's" (and '70's) and found herself equally
as compelled by the soaring harmonies of Crosby, Stills, and Nash,
the inimitable guitar of Led Zeppelin, and the hypnotic vocalizations of Van Morrison.
Learning to play her favorite songs by ear, she simultaneously pursued classical piano studies with Marilyn Sophos and won awards at the Westchester (NY)
Symphony and Westchester Conservatory Concerto competitions, among others.
Since graduating magna cum laude in art and aesthetics from Princeton University in 1982, Jessica Roemischer has taught hundreds of students on four continents.
From 1989-1999, she was on the Applied Music Faculty of Middlebury College, Vermont. Her wide experience has led to the conviction that the ability to express
beauty through music is a dimension of our essential human nature. Having developed an innovative approach to piano duet improvisation, she makes it possible for
everyone--regardless of age, background or even the presence of a developmental disability--to access the source of music in him- or herself. As such, her unique approach awakens new
pathways for growth, healing and change.
Jessica's eclectic background includes writing, journalism, photography, and architectural preservation. Her National Register listings and innovative
architectural education program in the Adirondack region of northern New York earned her a New York State Historic Preservation Award in 1995, as well as
a nomination for the New York State Council on the Arts award. As a magazine editor and writer from 2002-07, she has dialogued with some of the world's cultural and spiritual icons,
including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Carlos Santana, theologians Karen Armstrong and Huston Smith, Apollo astronaut,
Edgar Mitchell, and many others. Jessica's major article, "The Never-Ending Upward Quest," is widely recognized as the most comprehensive and accessible introduction
to the evolutionary theory of Spiral Dynamics.
Jessica Roemischer is now devoted entirely to her work as pianist, educator and transformational consultant. She believes that the integrative effect of music is
vital amidst the complex challenges of our time. In a wide variety of settings--performances, lectures, workshops, consulting and private lessons--she
is sharing the catalytic power of music with individuals and groups throughout the United States and internationally. A dedicated teacher, Jessica is
training a new generation of musicians, including those whom she instructs at Riverbrook Residence for Women in Stockbridge, MA.
Her ground-breaking program at Riverbrook has received support from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Caroline and James Taylor.
Jessica Roemischer is married to high school teacher and Life Coach, Lawrence Carroll.
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