Bio

Hometown:	Seattle, WA
Employer:	I'm a Musician.

Jennifer Thomas

Jennifer started playing the piano and violin at age 5, and went on to study piano at Brigham Young University. Jennifer won the silver medal in her university’s concerto competition, performing Prokofiev’s 3rd Piano Concerto. She was also invited to perform as a concerto soloist with Salt Lake City’s Murray Symphony on the MacDowell Piano Concerto No 2. She has worked with the Seattle Symphony, participated with the Seattle Composer’s Salon at Benaroya Hall, and was a featured soloist at the Roosevelt Hotel. Jennifer performed with the Salt Lake Temple Square Concert Series for 3 years, and has also performed with various symphonies including the Oregon Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra.

Jennifer began composing music in 2004, combining the sounds of her classical training with modern new age, pop, and down-tempo/triphop beats making her a perfect example of a classical crossover. Jennifer released her debut album Key of Sea in January of 2007, and quickly became a favorite among listeners in the New-Age genre. The album was among Kathy Parson’s “Top 20 of 2007″ pick, is enjoyed on new-age/contemporary radio stations across the globe, and has captured the interest of filmmakers worldwide.

Jennifer’s classical crossover song “Fly Away” was recently featured on NBC’s Universal Sports as part of a 2 week promotional for the 2009 World Volleyball Championships. ”Fly Away” also won 1st place in conjunction with the 2007 Swan Lake Moving Image and Music Awards in Germany in the Digital Film category, is a three-time 1st place winner in the Instrumental Channel on Ourstage.com in 2008, and placed 3rd overall in the Ourstage Finals (against 49 other genres of music and 50,000 songs). Jennifer’s music was featured in 2 independent films in 2007, and most recently in the 2008 International Free Skiing Festival award winning film “Reasons” by Poor Boyz Productions- one of the leading ski & snowboard filmmakers in the USA. Her song “You By