Dr. Jennifer Oliverio is a celebrated cornet and flugelhorn player who holds the positions of principal cornet with the Fountain City Brass Band, flugelhorn/solo cornet with the Athena Brass Band, and core member of Calypsus Brass. Jen recently accepted a position at the University of North Texas as senior lecturer in trumpet. 

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 has served on the board of directors for the Fountain City Brass Band, the Athena Brass Band, the Visionary Panel for the National Youth Brass Band of America, and currently as the column editor for the International Trumpet Guild’s cornet column.  

As a clinician, Jen regularly performs and presents at national and international festivals including: the International Trumpet Guild Conference, Brass Institutes of America, International Women’s Brass Conference, PRIZM Chamber Music Festival, and the Eastman Summer Trumpet Institute. 

In her freelance work, Jen has performed as an extra with the Kansas City Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Seraph Brass, and the Alabama Symphony and is a founding member of the Trilogy Brass Trio. As a teacher, Jen has had students accepted as semi-finalists in the National Trumpet Competition, semi-finalists for the International Trumpet Guild solo competitions, and as winners in the North American Brass Band Championships solo and ensemble competitions.  

Jen is new to composing, having started in 2024, but has experienced overwhelming support with performances of her works at the 2025 International Women’s Brass Conference, International Trumpet Guild Conference, Eastman Summer Trumpet Institute, Rafael Mendez Brass Institute, the Big-12 Trombone Conference, and Brass Institutes of America. Upcoming 2026-2027 performances and premieres can be heard at Interlochen, the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, the International Trumpet Guild Conference, and IWBC. 

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