Jessica Peek Sherwood has been an advocate of new music since attending college at the University of Michigan. She recently performed as a guest musician in New Music Detroit’s Strange Beautiful Music II marathon, including a premiere of a new work by Steve Everett for flute and live electronics. An active free-lance musician, she has performed with the Atlanta, Alabama, and Charleston Symphony Orchestras, and the Atlanta Opera Orchestra. Prior to moving to Atlanta, Ms. Sherwood performed extensively throughout the South Florida region, including work with the New World Symphony and the Naples Philharmonic. She was also a member of the Spoleto Festival Orchestra in Charleston, South Carolina, and Spoleto, Italy. She currently serves as the director of wind chamber music for the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra (Kennesaw, Georgia) and teaches a large studio of private flute students. Additionally, she teaches Irish flute through the Atlanta Irish Music School in Roswell, Georgia. Her primary teachers include the late Clement Barone, Kazuo Tokito, and David Cramer.