Picking up the acoustic violin at age 7, Jeff Hentschel has been in numerous youth orchestras. He has attended several OMEA competitions, receiving the highest marks. During the 2004-2005 year, Jeff was the principal second violinist in the Cincinanti Symphony Youth Orchestra as well as serving on the student advisory board. Every year, the CSYO joins with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in an educational concert at Music Hall. Today, Jeff plays violin with Northwestern University's Philharmonia Orchestra.

While classically trained, Jeff also picked up electric violin in at age 15 and began to investigate improvisation and jazz violin. He has performed with different bands and is currently involved with the Cru Worhsip Band at NU. Jeff Hentschel has also composed several pieces of various genres including a four piece suite titled Journey to Planet X detailing the adventures of colonists travelling to an unknown world. While enrolled at Northwestern, he is working towards a degree in computer science and is also strongly interested in the music technology program.

Updated 03-28-06