Jessica Haddy has been the concertmaster of the Southern California Philharmonic since 2016. She was a featured soloist for the ensemble in 2018 and 2021. In 2019, she was the contractor and concertmaster for Tustin’s Ballet Nutcracker performances at the Plummer auditorium. Currently, she is the Principal 2nd Violinist with the Mira Costa Symphony and has performed with the Golden State Pops, Culver City Chamber Orchestra, Oc Symphony, Dana Point Symphony and the Debut Symphony.

As a soloist, Jessica has been invited to perform at the Laguna Beach Sunset Serenades and the Hortense Miller Estate concert series. In 2020, harpist Jillian Lopez and Jessica recorded an album featuring French and Argentinian composers. In the same year, she filmed a concert at the historic Bembridge House with pianist Anthony Lopez, performing pieces celebrating the fall season. She has been featured on Mission Viejo’s television network as a soloist and has performed solo concerts for the Mission Viejo Arts Alive concert series. The Krutz Strings company named her as their Brand Ambassador in 2018.

She performs regularly with her husband, Ryan Haddy. The violin and guitar duo started up Haddy Music. Together they perform private events and have been featured at music festivals. She developed her own company, Haddy Music, which is highly reviewed and was featured in Riviera Magazine’s Best of OC for event music. Currently they are working on composing and recording their own music.

While working in Los Angeles, Jessica has appeared in music videos with Elton John, Sheryl Crow, Sting, Il Divo and Randy Travis. Jessica was also the violinist for the first musical stage production of Quadrophenia written by Pete Townsend of The Who.

She is currently the orchestra assistant and conductor at Corona Del Mar High School and Middle School, strings teacher at Free Society Academics, and Linden Tree Learning Enrichment. A featured strings instructor for the Newport Mesa district string conference in 2020. A Laguna Beach resident, she teaches at her home studio and instructing nationally for the online music company, Tunelark. Before having her daughter Ravelle, Jessica taught violin, viola and cello at the Journey School in Aliso Viejo and was the strings coach for the Aliso Niguel High school orchestras. Jessica Haddy is excited to be the new strings instructor at the Waldorf School in Costa Mesa!