Jenny Cogswell

Mixing live sound for the Sunset Center in Carmel, Hartnell Music Department, The Western Stage, and corporate events with Glastonbury, Inc. Directing and designing musicals and programs with a cast of 140+ students at a private school for K-8 bi-annually at venues such as Compass Church. Sound designing and working with the artistic directing team for the plays The Mountaintop (2024), 4,000 Miles (2023) hosted at The Western Stage. Audio engineer for shows including Imaginary (2023), Floyd Collins (2022), Noises Off! (2022) at The Western Stage at Hartnell College.

Multi-instrumentalist musician with ensembles to include local rock-genre bands and St. Ansgar’s, Compass, and Valley Baptist Church. Singing with the Hartnell College Choir Ensemble with community partners like the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Monterey Pops Orchestra. Served for two years as the musician and educator on the Kinder Rocket Educational Show with a sing-along and read-along on a world-wide platform on Facebook live and YouTube through the pandemic.

Directing and designing a music program, curriculum & materials development, teaching & training for a non-profit afterschool music program of 110+ students & in-school private music program of 150+ students in violin, cello, ukulele, guitar, voice, percussion, piano, recorder, & general music education. Levels adjusted such that courses ranged from beginning to advanced as well as opportunities to perform solo and ensemble pieces. Blending face-to-face and online instruction in a variety of programs to include Google Classroom, Google Meets, FlipGrid, YouTube, iMovie, Adobe, & Logic. Developed and executed virtual and in-person concerts and musical collaborations with multiple community partners in Salinas and world-wide to as many as 10,000+ audience members.