About
JDW Sheet Music
JDW Sheet Music specializes in music compositions and transcriptions for others. We offer a diverse selection of pieces for any type of ensemble including woodwind quintet, oboe trio, flute quartet, and brass quintet. We also offer a diverse selection of composers including Astor Piazzolla, Amy Beach, Chopin, Debussy, and many more.
JDW also produces custom transcriptions for anyone involved with a unique chamber ensemble. For more information, please contact Jessica Wilkins (jwilkin4@hotmail.com)
Jessica Wilkins – Owner/Arranger
Jessica Wilkins is a multifaceted musician with a diverse performance and composition career. She has performed as an oboist with a variety of ensembles including, the Southeast Symphony, San Fernando Symphony, LA Winds, and the Eastman Wind Ensemble. Jessica has also been able to perform around the world in countries like China, South Africa and Canada.
Composing and arranging are also significant elements of Jessica’s career. At age 18, Jessica had a collection of her oboe duets retailed by RDG Woodwinds. By age 21, she had launched her online sheet music company (JDW Sheet Music) to showcase her original transcriptions. Her arrangements have been performed by solo artists and chamber music groups like Nancy Ambrose King, Cordancia Chamber Orchestra, University of Northern Colorado oboe studio, and Bocal Majority. In 2015, her Astor Piazzolla arrangement of Five Tango Sensations was premiered at the International Double Reed Society Conference in Tokyo, Japan. Jessica is currently working on adding more music by underrepresented composers and educating the arts community on these composers’ achievements through her Black Excellence Project.
Jessica currently resides in Los Angeles, CA as an active freelance oboist and teacher. As an oboist, Jessica has had the opportunity to perform all throughout Southern California in recording sessions, orchestras, operas and small chamber ensembles. As a teacher, she currently maintains a small private oboe studio and serves as a woodwind coaches for several schools in the Burbank and William S. Hart School districts. She has also been an active mentor to the students of the Inner City Youth Orchestra, which aims to bring high quality music education to those in lower income neighborhoods.
Jessica holds a bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music as well as a Master’s degree in oboe performance from the University of Michigan. Her principal teachers include Richard Killmer and Nancy Ambrose King.