Jamecyn morey

Jamecyn Morey is an active solo, chamber, and orchestral violinist based in Albany, New York. She is a Faculty Fellow at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the newly appointed Concertmaster of Albany Pro Musica. She also serves as a stationary first violinist with the Albany Symphony and is a member of the Fenimore Chamber Orchestra.

As a soloist, Morey has appeared with orchestra at Lincoln Center as part of the Distinguished Concerts International New York series, as well as with the Young Musicians and Artists Festival Orchestra in Oregon, the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra, and the Saint Rose Symphony Orchestra. As a member of the Albany Symphony’s Dogs of Desire ensemble, she served as solo violinist for the premiere recording of Michael Daugherty’s This Land Sings for Naxos Records.

An avid chamber musician, Morey maintains an active performance schedule throughout the Northeast. She is a founding member of Cantus Trio, a vibrant chamber ensemble dedicated to innovative programming and artistic collaboration. The trio’s 2025 debut program featured little-known gems of twentieth-century French repertoire and was presented on concert series throughout the Northeast. Based in upstate New York, the members of Cantus Trio combine active performance careers with teaching and a deep commitment to the Capital Region. Their 2026 programming highlights the work of remarkable female composers, including Rebecca Clarke, Jennifer Higdon, and Arlene Sierra.

For more than two decades, Morey has performed with cellist and husband David Bebe as the Copernicus Duo. The duo has appeared at the Domaine Forget and Orford Music Festivals in Canada and the Courchevel Festival in France, as well as at Festival Miami and the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts Chamber Music Showcase. They have commissioned and premiered numerous new works and continue to perform together as members of Cantus Trio with pianist Noah Palmer.

A native of the Chicago area, Morey was accepted into the Interlochen Arts Academy, where she studied violin performance as well as literature and creative writing. She went on to earn performance degrees from Indiana University, where she studied with Yuval Yaron and Ilya Kaler, and Roosevelt University, where she was a student of Robert Chen, Concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. While in Chicago, she performed with the Civic Orchestra and participated in chamber music residencies with Chicago Public Schools and Chicago City Colleges through the Civic’s MusiCorps program.

Following her master’s degree, Morey joined the New World Symphony in Miami, where she served as Concertmaster under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas and performed with renowned soloists including Gil Shaham and Itzhak Perlman. She also served on the faculty of the New World School of the Arts and held a chamber music residency with the Miami Music Project.

Morey is a former member of the Hyperion String Quartet, which was praised by The Strad for its “uncommonly high level of homogeneity and confidence.” The quartet performed on prestigious concert series throughout the United States and was one of ten ensembles selected from around the world to compete in the 2011 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition.