Dr. Jennifer Oliverio 
Trumpet
BIA Furman

Dr. Jennifer Oliverio is a celebrated cornet and flugelhorn player who holds the positions of principal cornet with the Fountain City Brass Band and flugelhorn with the Athena Brass Band. She is currently the Assistant Professor of Music in trumpet at Missouri Western State University and a member of the Calypsus Brass Quintet.

Jen is an avid supporter of new music for cornet and flugelhorn, having commissioned and premiered solo works by Lucy Pankhurst, Dorothy Gates, Kevin Day, Andrea Hobson, and Jen Mitchell for her premiere solo album Enigma. Her work on Enigma received overwhelmingly positive reviews and was nominated for the 4barsrest Album of the Year, a silver medal in the Global Music Awards, and winner of the 2023 American Prize in brass performance.

Jen began composing in 2024, receiving overwhelming support for her pieces with performances at the International Women’s Brass Conference, International Trumpet Guild Conference, Colorado Music Educators Conference, Big-12 Trombone Conference, Rafael Mendez Brass Institute, and the Brass Institutes of America.

Jen is the proud mother to her son Ben and wife to her husband Patrick.