JESSICA TROY (viola), wears a variety of freelance hats. The array of ensembles of which she is a member or with which she otherwise frequently performs includes: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Handel & Haydn Society, Trinity Baroque Orchestra, the Sebastians, Clarion, New York Baroque Inc., Orchestra of St. Luke's, New York City Opera, NOVUS NY, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Westchester Philharmonic, Dance Heginbotham, and she has toured extensively with the Mark Morris Dance Group, from Sydney to San Juan, including performances with Yo-Yo Ma across the US and Japan.
She can be heard on the Marlboro Festival's 50th anniversary CD in György Kurtág's Microludes for string quartet, which she prepared with the composer. She has subbed and had her own chair on numerous Broadway shows (ranging from Porgy & Bess to Tootsie) and played on many film scores (most recently Joker and Little Women). She has recorded quartet tracks for Lou Reed and Ani DiFranco, performed on TV with Renée Fleming and Whitney Houston, and on film with David Byrne.