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Jessica Curran is an award-winning composer, vocalist, and Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music, specializing in jazz, Brazilian music, and pop songwriting. Her work spans vocal improvisation, musical arrangement, and cross-cultural composition, often blending organic harmonies with global musical traditions.
- Assistant Professor, Berklee College of Music (Ensemble Department)
- Collaborator with Brazilian guitarist Caio Afiune in the duo Caio e Jess
- Recipient of multiple prestigious awards including ASCAP and John Lennon Songwriting Contest accolades
Curran’s research and creative practice focuses on jazz composition, vocal improvisation techniques, and the synthesis of Brazilian, pop, and jazz genres. She has been commissioned for innovative projects such as musical interpretations of the Nobel Prize in Economics for Stockholm's Nobel Museum (2016), and her debut album Here received critical acclaim from DownBeat Magazine.
She frequently performs and records with international musicians, including Laura Perrudin and Rafael Barata, and is preparing to release the full-length album Encontro das Aguas with Caio Afiune. Her pedagogical approach emphasizes detail-oriented arranging and interdisciplinary collaboration.
- 2022 ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award
- 2021 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award
- 2018 John Lennon Songwriting Contest Grand Prize in Jazz
