Judith Jenks

Judith was born in Norwich and grew up there. Her love for orchestral playing was fostered and developed while playing violin in the Norfolk County Youth Orchestra, the Norwich Student Orchestra, Norwich High School Senior Orchestra and ultimately the Norwich Philharmonic.

After graduating with a music degree from Birmingham University she worked in London in classical music administration whilst playing violin in numerous orchestras. In 2000 she moved to Lincolnshire to become a peripatetic violin teacher at a range of schools within the county. She gained her ATCL Violin Recital Diploma and took up the viola; she developed a passion for playing in musical theatre pit bands. A highlight before the pandemic was playing violin in ‘The Sound of Music’, a professional production in Limassol and Nicosia theatres in Cyprus.

Since moving back to Norwich Judith has been a violin extra with the International Film Orchestra for a couple of ‘The Spectacular Music of Harry Potter’ concerts in 2023, performed in ‘The Norwich Halls’ and Lincoln Cathedral. She recently played in a concert for ‘Encore: A Night with West End Stars’ at the Koningin Elisabethzaal, in Antwerp, Belgium with the Northern Musical Theatre Orchestra. Judith is now tutoring in Norwich.