Jessie Goebel, principal viola, received her B.M. degree from the Eastman School of Music and M.M. from the Juilliard School. She has studied with Karen Tuttle, James Dunham Philipp Naegele and Karen Ritscher, among others.

Goebel has played principal and section viola with the Tanglewood Orchestra (1995-97), the New World Symphony (1996-98), the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder (1998-2000) and in the Grand Teton Music Festival orchestra and chamber ensembles (2002). She took a sabbatical during the 2010-11 season. Goebel has been a member of the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra since 1998.

Jessie Goebel is underwritten by
Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. McGhee.