Biography

Jessica Flannigan (b. 1988) holds a Bachelor of Music Education and a Minor in Jazz Studies from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She is versed in an eclectic range of percussion performance including classical literature, jazz vibraphone, West African drumming, Afro-Cuban ensemble, and the marching arts. Since 2007 she has been teaching, writing, and arranging for marching bands, drumlines, and percussion ensembles in the St. Louis Area. She has worked extensively with middle school and high school percussion sections throughout Missouri and Illinois, where her students are frequently praised for their percussion ensemble approach to the marching arts.

As a performer, Jessica was a front ensemble member of WGI World Class finalist Gateway Indoor in 2005, 2006, and 2008. She continues to perform regularly with the St. Louis Wind Symphony and the Washington University Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. Currently Jessica serves as administrative and academic coordinator for the Department of Music at Washington University, ensemble assistant and percussion coach for the Washington University Wind Ensemble in conjunction with directing the newly-formed WashU Percussion Ensemble, writer/arranger for several St. Louis area marching bands, percussion instructor at Ft. Zumwalt West High School, and Treasurer for the Missouri PAS Chapter.

Jessica is a proud Education Artist with Innovative Percussion and Sabian Cymbals, and has percussion literature available through C. Alan Publications. Her music has been performed at conferences and festivals throughout the country, including the Midwest Clinic, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, and multiple PAS state chapter Days of Percussion.

Sabian Cymbals | Innovative Percussion | C. Alan Publications 

Just a little more...

In addition to all of the music things, I live right outside of St. Louis, MO with my amazing husband, Neil, and our two sons, Branden and Reed. Neil is the Percussion Director/Assistant Band Director at Ft. Zumwalt West High School where I also work with the front ensemble and percussion studio. We love to spend all of our school breaks playing music together, hiking in National Parks, and lining up photos from movie locations. I have a deep love for Tears for Fears, Tower of Power, the X-Files, and a fine glass of bourbon.