Jenny Xu
Piano, Jazz Camp Week 1, Jazz Camp Week 2, Jazz Institute, Advanced Package, Jazz Camp Package, Giant Steps Package
Joining the SJW faculty for the first time as a member of the Mentor Fellowship program, Jenny Xu is a Canadian pianist and a graduate of Berklee College of Music (BM ’16), which she attended on full-scholarship, as well as the Manhattan School of Music (MM ’19), which she attended on partial scholarship. She holds a Royal Conservatory of Music ARCT Diploma for Classical Piano Performance, a Bachelor’s Degree in Performance (summa cum laude) and a Master’s Degree in Jazz Arts (summa cum laude). At MSM, Jenny held the piano chair in the institution’s Latin Grammy-nominated Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra both years of her degree in addition to having worked closely with NEA Jazz Master Paquito D’Rivera in his Irakere Combo.
Best known for her work with FRIENDSHIP, her brain-child trio, Jenny’s group boasts a critically acclaimed tour and two albums of her original music: Project Sock Retrieval (October 2020) and Ghost Stories (February 2021). In 2018, she self-released her first two albums as leader: Standards Vol. I and Live at the Silk Purse. Both of which feature Canadian heavyweights André Lachance (bass) and Bernie Arai (drums) as sidemen. 4-time Juno Award winner Campbell Ryga (sax) appears as a guest on her debut album.
Jenny is a recipient of numerous awards and accolades including the MSM Outreach Award (2019), Stingray Rising Star Award (2018), Downbeat Award (2018), Berklee Jazz Performance Award recipient (2016), Dal Richard’s Scholarship (2014), Yamaha Kando Award (2014) and was the first individual ever offered a full renewable scholarship to Humber College in Toronto. She has experience performing at over a dozen music festivals and has had the immense privilege of having worked with Buster Williams, Ingrid Jensen, George Garzone, Eddie Gomez, Kendrick Scott, Dave Liebman, The New York Voices, Paquito D’Rivera and Arturo O’Farrill.
On piano, Jenny has shared the stage with the likes of Harold Mabern and Cándido Camero, in addition to having toured with world-renowned saxophonist, George Garzone. In 2018, she opened for Herbie Hancock at the 2018 TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival as part of the TD Ottawa Youth Summit.

Irene Sazer

Mike DiRubbo

Sullivan Fortner

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah

Mikailo Kasha

Anisha Rush

Jenny Xu

Kilan Thorns

Andrew Stephens

Zach Adleman

Hannah Marks

Jhoely Garay

Jayla Chee

Shawn Williams

Sylvia Cuenca

Jaimeo Brown

Christina Galisatus

Tiffany Austin

Mikailo Kasha

Victor Lin

Sasha Berliner

Anisha Rush

Jenny Xu

Kilan Thorns

Andrew Stephens

Alicyn Yaffee

Vincent De Jesus

Howard Wiley

Zach Adleman

Hannah Marks

Nasheet Waits

Ralph Moore

Harold López-Nussa

Dana Leong

Edward Simon

Logan Richardson

Terell Stafford

Jeremy Siskind

Dan Wilson

Mikailo Kasha

Anisha Rush

Jenny Xu

Kilan Thorns

Andrew Stephens

Zach Adleman

Nasheet Waits

Sylvia Cuenca

Jaimeo Brown

Ralph Moore

Harold López-Nussa

Dana Leong

Edward Simon

Logan Richardson

Terell Stafford

Dan Wilson

Tiffany Austin

Victor Lin

Sasha Berliner

Anisha Rush

Kilan Thorns

Irene Sazer

Nasheet Waits

Sylvia Cuenca

Jaimeo Brown

Mike DiRubbo

Sullivan Fortner

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah

Tiffany Austin

Mikailo Kasha

Victor Lin

Sasha Berliner

Anisha Rush

Jenny Xu

Kilan Thorns

Andrew Stephens

Alicyn Yaffee

Irene Sazer

Mike DiRubbo

Sullivan Fortner

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah

Mikailo Kasha

Nick Panoutsos

Anisha Rush

Jenny Xu

Kilan Thorns

Andrew Stephens

Hannah Marks

Jhoely Garay

Jayla Chee

Shawn Williams

Ruth Davies

Harold López-Nussa

Edward Simon

Sullivan Fortner

Jeremy Siskind

Christina Galisatus

Jenny Xu

Steve Blum

Dawn Clement

Taylor Eigsti

George Cables

Paul Cornish

Maya Kronfeld

Sam Reider

Carmen Staaf

Caili O’Doherty
