Jessika Kenney

Jessika Kenney is an American vocalist and composer whose work draws on classical Persian vocal music and the sung tradition of Central Javanese gamelan. She has studied Persian repertoire with the ney player Hossein Omoumi since 2004 and Javanese singing with Nyi Supadmi. She is best known for her long partnership with the violist and composer Eyvind Kang, and for experimental work that moves between drone, new music and improvisation. Jessika Kenney studied at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, where she later taught.