Jennifer Torrence is an experimental musician based in Oslo, Norway. Her practice includes percussion/performance, artistic research, collaborative projects, curation, composition, etc. She is Associate Professor II of percussion at the Norwegian Academy of Music and a member of Pinquins. She is a curator at nyMusikk (2023-2024).
2024 includes: Artistic research in the project Hybrids (Norwegian Academy of Music) and Lethe (Stockholm University of the Arts); tutoring at the Oberlin-Interlochen Chamber Music Project; Collaborations on new work with composers/artists: Øyvind Torvund, Viola Yip, Lisa Streich, Solomiya Moroz, Jo David Lysne, Jessie Marino, Sara Glojnaric, Ase Brunborg Lie, Ricardo Eizirik, Martin Hirsti-Kvam, Kelley Sheehan, Fredrik Storsveen, Øyvind Mæland, Ane Marthe Sørlien Holen, choregrapher Janne-Camilla Lyster; Collaborations with ensembles: Alpaca Ensemble, Ensemble This/Ensemble That, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble; Appearances at: Ultima Festival, Spor Festival, Only Connect, Venice Biennale, Ultraschall, Levande Musik, and others, see events for details.
Former principal percussionist of Arctic Philharmonic. A former artistic research fellow (PhD) at the Norwegian Academy of Music with the project Percussion Theatre: a body in between (2015-2018). Former Fulbright scholar (UK). Further studies at Oberlin Conservatory, University of California San Diego, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.