Jennifer Torrence is an experimental musician based in Oslo, Norway. Her practice includes percussion/performance, artistic research, collaborative projects, curation, composition, etc. She is Associate Professor II of percussion at the Norwegian Academy of Music and a member of Pinquins.
2025 also includes:
Artistic research in the projects Post-percussion pedagogies (Norwegian Academy of Music)
Appearances at: Ultima Festival, Only Connect, Tectonics, Lampo, Darmstadt, and others, see events for details.
Summer tutoring at Darmstadt;
Collaborations on new work with composers/artists: Øyvind Torvund, Clara Iannotta, Kari Watson, Jo David Lysne, Jessie Marino, Sara Glojnaric, Ase Brunborg Lie, Martin Hirsti-Kvam, Kelley Sheehan, Fredrik Storsveen, Janne-Camilla Lyster, Sam Salem, Weston Olencki, Natali Abrahamsen Garner
Collaborations with ensembles: Alpaca Ensemble, Aksiom, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Former principal percussionist of Arctic Philharmonic, former curator at nyMusikk, former artistic research fellow (PhD) at the Norwegian Academy of Music with the project Percussion Theatre: a body in between (2015-2018), former Fulbright scholar (UK). Further studies at Oberlin Conservatory, University of California San Diego, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.