Jennifer Torrence is an Oslo-based percussionist/performer working internationally as a soloist, chamber musician, collaborative artist, improviser, composer, and artistic researcher. She is a member of the experimental percussion trio Pinquins. Much of her artistic practice over the last decade has been built upon deep collaborative processes with composers and other artists, resulting in a body of work that, in various ways, stretches the roles of the performer/percussionist.
She is Associate Professor of Percussion at the Norwegian Academy of Music and a percussion tutor at Darmstadt Summer Course. From 2026-2030 she will conduct post-doctoral research at NMH with the project, "The Performer is the Collective".
HIGHLIGHTS OF 2026 SEASON
Solo appearances at: Eavesdropping (London, Cafe OTO), Frequency Festival (Chicago), Tectonics (Brussels), Maerzmusikk (Berlin), and others, see events for details.
Concerto appearances with: Brussels Philharmonic
Pinquins appearances at: Dansens Hus (Oslo), MINU Festival (Copenhagen), Ultima (Oslo), Go Figure! (Oslo), Klang Festival (Copenhagen).
Collaborations on new work with composers/artists: Kristine Tjøgersen, CAKE (Orfee Schuijt, Ingrid Haakstad), Clara Iannotta, Jo David Lysne, Jessie Marino, Martin Hirsti-Kvam, Fredrik Storsveen, Janne-Camilla Lyster, Sam Salem, Øyvind Mæland, SISU Percussion, Alpaca Ensemble, Kjersti Alm-Erirksen, Steven Takasugi.
Jennifer is a former principal percussionist of the Arctic Philharmonic (2011-2015), former artistic research fellow (PhD) at the Norwegian Academy of Music with the project Percussion Theatre: a body in between (2015-2018), former curator at nyMusikk (2023-2024), former Fulbright scholar (UK 2009-2010). Originally from the US, she studied at the Oberlin Conservatory (with Mike Rosen), the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (with Richard Benjafield), and University of California San Diego (with Steven Schick).