Jessica Wang

Biography

Jessica Wang is a New York City-based cellist who enjoys playing music of all genres, from musical theatre to classical to pop/rock and beyond. With various ensembles, she has performed at many distinguished venues including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, NJPAC, the Santa Barbara Bowl, the Naumburg Bandshell, the Prospect Park Bandshell, the Public Theater, Feinstein's/54 Below, the Beacon Theatre, NBC Studios and Broadway.

Jessica is an avid lover of musical theater, both in the pit and in the audience. She was the cellist on the first North American tour of An American in Paris as well as at Jagged Little Pill on Broadway for a limited time, and she is currently playing in the first Broadway revival of Bob Fosse's Dancin' at the Music Box Theatre. As a substitute, she has played at Wicked, Almost Famous, Mean Girls and Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish (off-Broadway).

Jessica has also held the cello chair in several off-Broadway shows, including Between the Lines (Tony Kiser Theater, 2022), Notes From Now (59E59 Theaters, 2022), We're Only Alive for A Short Amount of Time by David Cale (Public Theater, 2019) and Pericles (Theatre for a New Audience, 2016). Additionally, she has played with the Radio City Christmas Spectacular orchestra for two consecutive seasons, as both a chairholder and as a substitute.

​In the television world, Jessica has appeared in several episodes of the award-winning Amazon series Mozart in the Jungle, as well as on Saturday Night Live with musical guest, Shawn Mendes. She has also had the opportunity to perform with the legendary Smokey Robinson at the Beacon Theatre.

In addition to live performances, Jessica can be heard on a wide variety of albums and recordings, including several albums with the 8-Bit Big Band led by Tony and Grammy-winning orchestrator Charlie Rosen, the 2021 Grammy-winning world premiere album of Dame Ethel Smyth's The Prison performed with the Experiential Orchestra, the pop single Lady Like by Ingrid Andress released on Amazon Music, and Blake Allen's chart-topping musical theatre album The Shards of an Honor Code Junkie. She can also be heard on Perfume Genius's song Whole Life, which was recorded live at the iconic Electric Lady Studios. Musical theatre albums Jessica has recorded on include the original cast album of Between the Lines as well as original songs from Lempicka.

Jessica holds a B.A. in Psychology from Harvard College and an M.M. in Cello Performance from The Juilliard School.