Jennifer Cable earned her Doctor of Musical Arts (1989) and Master of Music (1983) degrees from Eastman and her Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin College in 1981. Post-graduate studies included the Aspen Music Festival, the Academie für Alte Musik (Bremen, Germany), the Schubert Institute (Baden-bei-Wein, Austria), and the Britten-Pears Institute for Advanced Musical Study (Aldeburgh, England).  As a performer, Jennifer focused her attention primarily on music before 1800 (she was a founding member of Affetti Musicali, originally based in NYC, then moving to Richmond, VA) and in contemporary music, having had the privilege of premiering multiple works over the course of her performing career.

Currently, Jennifer is a Professor of Music at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia, where she coordinates the Vocal Studies Program. A Qi Gong instructor, Jennifer trained with Qi Gong Master Teacher Dr. Aihan Kuhn, C.M.D., in addition to classes with Master Chunyi Lin, Master Daisy Lee, and Dr. Roger Jahnke. She is also a certified teacher for the Koru Mindfulness Program and is involved in campus outreach centered on mindfulness and meditation.

Jennifer’s research and scholarship delves deeply into the English secular song, with published essays examining Henry Carey’s treatment of political satire, mad songs of the early eighteenth-century, burlesque cantatas of the eighteenth-century, and the development of the eighteenth-century English cantata. Her current work considers two distinctly different areas of study: first, the role of women amateur musicians on early twentieth-century American arts culture—she recently published a chapter on Mary Howe and Adella Prentiss Hughes in The Routledge Handbook of Women’s Work In Music (2022)—and second, the positive impact of Traditional Chinese Medicine pillar Qi Gong on freeing the voice.  Jennifer has also begun research in the personal archives of noted vocal pedagogue Beverley Johnson, sharing her early discoveries in recent conference presentations about Mrs. Johnson’s life and work.

In 2018, Jennifer established an endowed scholarship at Eastman in honor of her professor, mezzo-soprano Marcia Baldwin.  She is also a long-standing member of the George Eastman Circle and serves on the boards of the Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia and the James River Singers.

Jennifer and her husband David live in Manakin Sabot, VA with their two dogs.  They have three children and six grandchildren. In a departure from the field of music, Jennifer is also a certified equine massage therapist, joyfully embracing the opportunity to work with horses across the Commonwealth of Virginia.