- Jesse Henkensiefken
Jesse Henkensiefken (Cellist/Teacher/Music Director) is a dedicated musician who has over a decade of solo and ensemble teaching / performing experience. He founded Ars Viva Music as a private music studio, small ensemble provider and chamber orchestra. Currently residing in Manhattan New York, Henkensiefken is an award winner of the 2011 Mu Phi Epsilon international competition. Jesse cordially invites you to become a member of the Ars Viva Music Studio family.
In addition to the Chamber Orchestra, Ars Viva offers smaller ensembles to perform for your special event. Whether it is for your wedding ceremony, cocktail hour, reception, corporate function, fundraiser, private party, church service, or wine tasting, all of our performers are experienced soloist and chamber musicians. Choose from an array of ensembles including string quartet, trio, duo or solo. We can accommodate your specific needs and musical taste with a variety of instrumentation.
The Ars Viva Chamber Orchestra originated during the summer of 2008 as a string festival held at the Kansas City Strings Conservatory. The goal of the festival was to promote youth in music and high level string performance in the Kansas City Metropolitan area. Since its beginning Ars Viva has grown into a professional chamber orchestra which has performed at numerous venues across the Midwest. Performances have featured such soloists as Martin Storey, Edward Laut, Tami Lee Hughes and Serafim Smigelskiy.