Jesse Langen is a guitarist who plays a variety of styles of music. He has been featured with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,  Lyric Opera of Chicago, and recently in I am Ireland on PBS. Jesse and his brother, Tim, grew up learning fiddle tunes from their grandfather, Clarence, and that grounding laid the foundation for Jesse’s approach to traditional music. In Irish music, he can be heard regularly in sessions around Chicago, as well as in the band Compas with his brother Tim and bodhrán player Amy Richter. In other styles of music, he can be heard in Chicago, throughout the country, and elsewhere in the world, with Ensemble Dal Niente, in Hasco Duo with soprano Amanda DeBoer Bartlett, in Soundboard with harpist Ben Melsky, and in Katet with singer/songwriter Katie Jimoh and percussionist Tim Mulvenna. He teaches guitar and composition at Chicago Academy for the Arts.