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.

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
Sailing on an Orange Sea	Electronica	Jan 24, 2005	575
Journey to Planet X: I. Takeoff	Electronica	Jan 25, 2005	513
Journey to Planet X: III. Intermezzo	Electronica	Jan 25, 2005	424
Journey to Planet X: II. The Attack	Electronica	Jan 25, 2005	470
Journey to Planet X: IV. The Arrival	Electronica	Jan 25, 2005	542
Open Sea	Other	Feb 9, 2005	388
States of Matter	Electronica	Feb 9, 2005	420
Carbon Graffiti	Rock	Mar 10, 2005	440
Downtown Sedna	Jazz	Mar 12, 2006	356
You Know, You Know	Jazz	Apr 30, 2006	370
Interlude	Classical	Jul 29, 2006	479
Contrasting Expressions	Rock	Sep 14, 2006	338
Prelude - MT1.2	Jazz	Oct 12, 2006	294
The Groove - MT3.1	Jazz	Nov 12, 2006	303
Wormhole	Jazz	Jan 4, 2007	281