About

Recently Jen Hitt has been fulfilling her musical desires by

• playing & writing music while she travels the country
• hosting the weekly radio program Capital Americana

Jen grew up in Gaithersburg, Md., just outside the DC beltway, where she started singing in choir at the age of 4.  At Rice University she learned to sing opera and studied classical composition, and since she was in Texas, balanced school work with performing in a folk duo: playing guitar and singing with Carolyn Shulman.

After college, she worked briefly at the House of Musical Traditions in Takoma Park, Md, learning more about world music and all the instruments that go along with it. She spent several summers as a sound engineer for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, absorbing all the traditional music the Smithsonian has to offer.

Jen received her Masters in Music from University of Miami in Media Writing and Production, where she refined her composing and film scoring skills. She started as a DJ at KTRU, Houston for 4 years and then WVUM, Miami for 2 years, then joined WAMU in 2005. Up until July 2011, Jen was the Music Content Manager (ie Program Director) for WAMU's Bluegrass Country.

Currently based in Austin, Texas, Jen performs regularly around town and continues to write new songs every month. A tour of the East Coast is in the works for Fall 2013.

Jen loves yoga, eggs, camping, in-season tomatoes, flowers in her hair, community, dreams, and cheese.