Jena Vangjel is a freelance trumpeter and teaching artist based in Kansas City, MO. She has performed with orchestras across the country, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, New World Symphony, Alabama Symphony, Tucson Symphony, and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.

Vangjel is fiercely passionate about using music to create community. She got her start in this work as a musician and administrator with Street Symphony in Los Angeles, CA. In the fall of 2018, Vangjel founded Community of Note--an organization committed to fostering community and relationship through music.

Vangjel teaches for Harmony Project KC, Music Entrepreneurship at Missouri Western State University, is the Principal Trumpet of the Northland Symphony, and plays with the Fountain City Brass Band. She holds a Master of Music degree in Trumpet Performance from The Colburn School in Los Angeles, CA, and a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory.