Jennifer Sisco
Church music & choral director, worship leader, accompanist, vocalist and audio engineer
Biography
Jennifer Sisco began studying piano and singing solos in church at the young age of 5. By her teen years, she was leading worship in the church where her father pastored, and she became a sought-after youth worship leader for church camps and conventions.
At the age of 17, Jennifer won the Association of Christian Schools International Vocal Competition, which sent her on a Christian music concert tour performing in churches and concert venues throughout Europe and North America. Jennifer received a Bachelor of Music cum laude in Vocal Performance from the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music in 1997.
In addition to her vocal and piano studies in conservatory, she studied choral conducting, music orchestration and arranging, vocal pedagogy, sacred music history, and advanced music theory. Jennifer went on to receive a Master of Music in Vocal Performance in 2000 from the University of Oregon under a fellowship with the Eugene Opera Company. During her years of training, Jennifer won numerous vocal and piano competitions.
Concurrently with her studies, Jennifer worked part-time as a pianist and worship leader for local churches - and also worked in theaters on stage crew learning the technical side of of the stage. Upon completion of graduate school, Jennifer moved to New York City and began a career as a professional opera singer, performing opera’s most celebrated leading soprano roles in regional opera companies throughout the US. She also performed off-Broadway and in cabaret in NYC.
Jennifer paused her music career in 2012 to answer her life’s greatest calling- motherhood. In 2014, she returned to church music, freelancing as a substitute cantor, worship leader, and pianist in churches around the tri-state area. In 2015 she began her ministry at Green’s Farms Church in Westport, CT, and has served in multiple capacities, helping that congregation to blend contemporary music into an over-300-year-old tradition of classical traditional worship. In 2021, Jennifer stepped into the role of Interim Music Director, directing all musical activities in that church.
Jennifer brings with her a unique skillset as a church music director. With the invaluable tools from a top notch classical education as well as the years as a worship leader and pianist in many churches, she is equally at home in the performance and direction of both traditional and contemporary sacred music, and she is committed to fostering inclusive, approachable, and technically excellent music for all who enter the doors of the church, no matter the skill level.
Biography
Jennifer Sisco began studying piano and singing solos in church at the young age of 5. By her teen years, she was leading worship in the church where her father pastored, and she became a sought-after youth worship leader for church camps and conventions.
At the age of 17, Jennifer won the Association of Christian Schools International Vocal Competition, which sent her on a Christian music concert tour performing in churches and concert venues throughout Europe and North America. Jennifer received a Bachelor of Music cum laude in Vocal Performance from the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music in 1997.
In addition to her vocal and piano studies in conservatory, she studied choral conducting, music orchestration and arranging, vocal pedagogy, sacred music history, and advanced music theory. Jennifer went on to receive a Master of Music in Vocal Performance in 2000 from the University of Oregon under a fellowship with the Eugene Opera Company. During her years of training, Jennifer won numerous vocal and piano competitions.
Concurrently with her studies, Jennifer worked part-time as a pianist and worship leader for local churches - and also worked in theaters on stage crew learning the technical side of of the stage. Upon completion of graduate school, Jennifer moved to New York City and began a career as a professional opera singer, performing opera’s most celebrated leading soprano roles in regional opera companies throughout the US. She also performed off-Broadway and in cabaret in NYC.
Jennifer paused her music career in 2012 to answer her life’s greatest calling- motherhood. In 2014, she returned to church music, freelancing as a substitute cantor, worship leader, and pianist in churches around the tri-state area. In 2015 she began her ministry at Green’s Farms Church in Westport, CT, and has served in multiple capacities, helping that congregation to blend contemporary music into an over-300-year-old tradition of classical traditional worship. In 2021, Jennifer stepped into the role of Interim Music Director, directing all musical activities in that church.
Jennifer brings with her a unique skillset as a church music director. With the invaluable tools from a top notch classical education as well as the years as a worship leader and pianist in many churches, she is equally at home in the performance and direction of both traditional and contemporary sacred music, and she is committed to fostering inclusive, approachable, and technically excellent music for all who enter the doors of the church, no matter the skill level.