JESSICA ALTFILLISCH

Executive Director, Violin/Viola

Jessica Altfillisch is an accomplished performer, passionate educator, and active leader in arts education for social change. After twenty years of Suzuki violin and viola teaching, she founded the Harmony School of Music to bring high-quality music education to families with the greatest need. In addition to her work teaching and developing intensive music programs for under-served youth in Cedar Rapids, she maintains an active private lesson studio, teaching violin and viola students ages 4 through adult.
A strong advocate for creative community partnerships, Jessica has led collaboration efforts between Harmony School and other community organizations, including the National Czech/Slovak Museum and Library, Johnson STEAM Academy, The Academy for Academic and Personal Success, and other area music organizations. She is a facilitator for the El Sistema USA Small and Emerging Program Network and was a featured speaker in the National Guild for Community Arts Education Small Schools Network webinar series. She is an avid performer, and has appeared as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia and across the United States. In addition to solo recitals and chamber recitals, she has performed regularly with the Des Moines Symphony, Orchestra Iowa, and Waterloo/Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestras, as well as appearing with many other regional performing organizations.

HARMONY SCHOOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Nick Bowes

Education Manager

West Music Company

Lori Lane

Executive Director

Cedar Rapids Opera

Steve Shanley

Associate  Professor, Music Education and Jazz Studies

Coe College

Eric McKinley Thompson

Director

Academy for Scholastic and

Personal Success

Dr. Ruth White

Founder and Executive Director

Academy for Scholastic and

Personal Success

Una Yang

Director of Strategy Development, Retired

Collins Aerospace