Jenny Xiong is a composer, writer, flutist, and pianist who uses music and literature to express images and stories about the natural world, time, beauty, color, environmentalism, gender, postcolonialism, anticapitalism and the Chinese diaspora. She is inspired by art ranging from Japanese poetry, English literature, religious texts and ink wash paintings to works of magical realism, contemporary installations and video games, all of which inform her artistic practice and perspective of the world. A native of Bothell, Washington, Jenny has been playing the flute for twelve years and the piano for seventeen. She completed her undergraduate education at Stanford University, where she received a B.A. with Distinction in Music with Honors, with a concentration in Composition, and in English with Honors, with an emphasis in Creative Writing. She is currently on a Berkeley Fellowship pursuing a M.A./Ph.D. in Music with a concentration in Composition at the University of California, Berkeley.

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During her time at Stanford University, Jenny studied composition with François Rose and Erik Ulman, flute with Alexandra Hawley, and piano with Laura Dahl. She also served as a flutist in the Stanford Symphony Orchestra, Stanford Philharmonia, and Stanford Summer Symphony; toured Bermuda with the Stanford Philharmonia; studied abroad in Oxford, England and Kyoto, Japan; showcased her creative writing as a recipient of Stanford University's 2022–2023 Arts + Justice Student Grant; and conducted research on religious manuscripts from medieval Europe and China as a recipient of Stanford University's 2022 Humanities Research Intensive Fellowship. Jenny currently studies composition with Ken Ueno, Carmine-Emanuele Cella, and Edmund Campion and flute with Stacey Pelinka and serves as a flutist in the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra.

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Jenny has composed for and conducted research on traditional Chinese and Japanese instruments as a recipient of Stanford University's 2022–2023 Major Grant and 2021–2022 Chappell Lougee Scholarship. Her work for the 2022–2023 Major Grant in particular took her to Taiwan, where she studied composition with Ching-Wen Chao, Associate Professor of Composition at National Taiwan Normal University, and had her music performed and recorded by professional Taiwanese musicians. Beyond her time in Taipei, Jenny's works have had premieres in Seattle, Boston, Stanford, Kyoto, and Vienna.

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Jenny has the honor of being a recipient of Stanford University's 2024 Marie Louise Rosenberg Honors Award for Outstanding Honors Thesis Writing for her undergraduate honors thesis Sunflowers and Illusions: Mother 3 and the Video Game as a Form of Storytelling. She is also the recipient of Stanford University's 2023 Friends of Music Undergraduate Composition Award, a two-time recipient of Stanford University's Humanities and Sciences Undergraduate Prize in Music, and a two-time recipient of the National Parent Teacher Association Reflections' Award of Excellence in Music Composition. In the realm of music performance, Jenny has won the 2023 Concerto Competition at Stanford University on the flute, placed first in the Flute-Piccolo Category of the 2019 Washington State Solo and Ensemble Contest, and received a High School Diploma from the National Guild of Piano Teachers in 2019.

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In her free time, Jenny enjoys reading, drawing, painting, hiking, and playing video games.