Eventyr Ensemble of Rhode Island is the name to know for musical ensemble performances at weddings, corporate events, and festivities. Our director, Jessica Stensrud, performs with The Boston Ballet, The Boston Pops, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, the Rhode Island Philharmonic, and the Springfield, Massachusetts, Symphony. Each of our musicians have impressive credentials of their own, and most have studied under world-class musicians. Contact us with your queries, and enjoy the peace of mind that comes from choosing well.

About the Director, Jessica Stensrud

Since moving to Boston (and then to Pawtucket, Rhode Island) from New York City, where she first had intensive studies in violin performance with Itzhak Perlman and then had an active performance career for 15 years, Jessica Stensrud is continuing to make a place for herself in the northeast's musical scene. She has worked with such groups as the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, the Boston Ballet (where, in 1991 she was concertmaster/soloist for the 3-week production of Romeo & Juliet), Pro Arte, and Emmanuel Music.
 
She has many areas of musical ability, having taken part for many years in Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, New York, and the Boston Lyric Opera. Additionally, she is an active period instrument performer, currently working with the Handel & Haydn Society and having performed with period groups while living in New York City.

Having been taught and coached by such musicians as Australian violinist Charmian Gadd and viola soloist Kim Kashkashian, she has always pursued opportunities to give solo and chamber music performances. Being of Norwegian descent, Ms. Stensrud formed the Eventyr Ensemble in 1998, which promotes the performance of Scandinavian music.