Ms. Wang’s appearances are sponsored by Cindy and Jim Franck
Jessica Wang is a New York City-based cellist who enjoys playing music of all genres, from musical theater to classical to pop/rock and beyond. With various ensembles and artists, she has performed at many distinguished venues including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, NJPAC, the Santa Barbara Bowl, the Naumburg Bandshell, the Public Theater, the Town Hall, Radio City Music Hall, the Beacon Theatre and NBC Studios.
Jessica is an avid lover of musical theater, both in the pit and in the audience. Currently, she is the cellist in the Tony Award-winning original musical, Maybe Happy Ending. Previous Broadway chairs include Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ (2023) and Jagged Little Pill (2021). Off-Broadway chairs include: Bat Boy (2025) at New York City Center, The Gardens of Anuncia (2023), Between the Lines (2022), Notes from Now (2022), We’re Only Alive For a Short Amount of Time (2019) and Pericles (2016). Between 2017-2018, Jessica toured the country with the first North American company of An American in Paris. During the holiday seasons, she often plays with the Radio City Christmas Spectacular orchestra.
In the television world, Jessica has performed on Saturday Night Live with musical guest, Shawn Mendes, on The Tonight Show with musical guests Andrea Bocelli and Lauren Daigle, on The Kelly Clarkson Show with musical guest Josh Groban and on The View for a celebration of International Women’s Day alongside many female Broadway artists. She has also had the opportunity to perform with Smokey Robinson at the Beacon Theatre, with Jason Mraz and the NY Pops, and at the 2026 Tony Awards alongside Leslie Odom Jr., performing “Without You” from RENT.
Jessica can be heard on a wide variety of albums and recordings, including several albums with the 8-Bit Big Band led by Tony and Grammy-winning orchestrator Charlie Rosen, the 2021 Grammy-winning world premiere album of Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Prison performed with the Experiential Orchestra and Blake Allen’s chart-topping musical theatre album The Shards of an Honor Code Junkie. She can also be heard on Perfume Genius’s song Whole Life, which was recorded live at the iconic Electric Lady Studios. Musical theater albums Jessica has recorded include the original cast albums of Bat Boy (New York City Center Cast, 2026), Maybe Happy Ending (2025), The Great Gatsby (2024), The Gardens of Anuncia (2024) and Between the Lines (2023).
Jessica is a founding member of The Broadway Strings, a chamber ensemble that recently had the opportunity to perform alongside the legendary Patti LuPone on her Matters of the Heart tour. They also frequently hold a summer residency at Emberlight Festival in Ironwood, MI.
Jessica holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Harvard College and a Master of Music in Cello Performance from The Juilliard School, where she was an Irene Diamond Graduate Fellowship Recipient student of Bonnie Hampton.