Jessica Koebbe, D.M.A.

Dr. Jessica Koebbe is active as a performer, clinician and educator. Her love of music and travel has resulted in opportunities to work and perform throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, France, Spain and Germany. Some highlights include performances upon invitation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico and the Ávila International Music Festival in Ávila, Spain.

She has presented at the International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society international conference, the International Piano Professionals Association Piano Pedagogy conference, the Sigma Alpha Iota national convention and multiple state conferences about music performance anxiety as it relates to teaching, collaboration and performance. Her work has also been published in the peer-reviewed journal On Collaborating.

Dr. Koebbe coordinates the keyboard area at William Jewell College where she spearheaded the school’s Keyboard Scholars program, an initiative to offer mentorship and scholarship to undergraduate keyboard students in the art of collaborative piano. She has previously held faculty positions at Texas Wesleyan University, MidAmerica Nazarene University and Kansas State University.

She holds degrees in piano performance, receiving her DMA from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, her Master of Music from Texas Christian University and her Bachelor of Music from the University of Kansas (summa cum laude).