Actress Jennifer Carsillo began her training in San Francisco at the prestigious American Conservatory Theatre's Young Conservatory. She continued with dance and language study at the Oberlin Conservatory and Indiana University, from which she holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees, respectively, in Violin Performance.

Ms. Carsillo has appeared in musical theater, film and stage productions, as well on television commercials and productions for PBS, CBS, and NBC. A frequent narrator with symphony orchestras, her latest project is A Family for Baby Grand, in which she creates the voices for twelve different characters. Jennifer Carsillo has also collaborated as an actress with the Rochester Philharmonic in New York in a special production that presented both Shakespeare and music inspired by Shakespeare.

Also a writer, Jennifer Carsillo has authored her own narrations and screenplays and has just signed on to be a Story Consultant for Titan Cinema in Los Angeles, currently working on the major motion picture trilogy The Islands of Zorraba.

Jennifer Carsillo will be a celebrity model for this charitable event to be held on April 1, 2006:

Program announcement ( pdf) 

Weaver Family Foundation Student Education Concerts 2005-2006
“A Family for Baby Grand”
Jennifer Carsillo, Narrator
Michael Butterman, Conductor
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra

The story of Baby Grand, a little piano who leaves “Mama” to make her debut with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, is the perfect classical music introduction for all children. Baby Grand meets all the other instruments, who welcome her to the orchestra family.

March 28, 30, & 31; April 25 & 27, 2006
All Concerts are at 10 & 11:30 a.m. in Jacoby Symphony Hall


Special Event: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS program to include Holcombe's "The Night Before Christmas" featuring: Jennifer Carsillo, Narrator Michael Krajewsky, Conductor Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra Jacksonville Symphony Chorus Jacksonville Symphony Children's Chorus Coffee Series: Friday, December 16, 2005, 11 AM Pops Series: Friday, December 16, 2005, 8 PM Saturday, December 17, 2005, 8 PM Family Series: Sunday, December 18, 2005, 3 PM Special encore performances: Saturday, December 17, 2005, 3 PM Sunday, December 18, 2005, 7:30 PM All performances held in Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, The Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts for ticket information, please call the Symphony Box Office 904-354-5547 or toll free 877-662-6731 or purchase tickets online at www.jaxsymphony.org
Tuesday, May 24 at 7 PM Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts Jacoby Symphony Hall Donor Appreciation Concert featuring "A Family for Baby Grand" for Narrator and Orchestra Jennifer Carsillo, Narrator Fabio Mechetti, Conductor Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra ticket information: jaxsymphony.org 904-354-5547 or toll-free 877-662-6731