pianist

Called a “one-person orchestra” (Max Tapogna, Oregon ArtsWatch), Jesse has played solo recitals, accompanied solo vocalists, solo instrumentalists, choirs, performed with orchestras, played in operas, musical theater pit bands, and other ensembles.

Renegade Opera 2022 production of

Tito: A Modern Interactive Adaptation of Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito

Suncrest United Methodist Church

Morgantown, WV 2018

  • tenor: Jason Brown

  • piano: Jesse Preis

Renegade Opera 2023 production of Artists in Conversation: “She Loves You Back”

  • piano and music direction: Jesse Preis

  • vocalists: Emily Way Bavaro, Claire Robertson-Preis

  • stage direction: Joellen Sweeney

  • includes music by: Ashi Day, Lisa Neher, Shruthi Rajasekar, and Robert Schumann

Suncrest United Methodist Church Choir

Morgantown, WV 2019

  • conductor: Angela Smith

  • piano: Jesse Preis