A performer and educator based in Rochester, NY, Jennifer Carpenter is a cellist in the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and a member of the faculty at Eastman Community Music School and The Hochstein School. She also coordinates and coaches chamber music ensembles at the University of Rochester. Her previous teaching roles include serving as a Lecturer in Music at Nazareth College, and as a mentor and coach to students in the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Eastman Cello Institute, Point CounterPoint, Kneisel Hall Program for Maine Students, and Wyoming Seminary Performing Arts Institute.

As a dedicated chamber musician, she has performed on the WXXI Live From Hochstein radio broadcast concert series, the Village of Brockport’s Winter Serenade concert series, and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra's Living Room Series. She has also performed at festivals such as The Perlman Music Program Chamber Music Workshop, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Bowdoin International Music Festival fellowship program, Orford Musique, and the Castleman Quartet Program.

Carpenter holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Eastman School of Music, Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School, and Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin Conservatory.