She is a tenured member of the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the Boston Ballet Orchestra, the Portland (ME) Symphony, the Boston Philharmonic, and the Rhode Island Philharmonic, among other regional ensembles. Vanessa has focussed much of her professional career around chamber music including collaborations with Radius, the Worcester Chamber Music Society, Worcester Music’s “The Complete Bach” project, the Arneis Quartet, the Apple Hill String Quartet, the Craft Ensemble, pianist Joy Cline Phinney, guitarist Peter Clemente, and her current project, TriChrome with violist Daniel Doña and harpist Franziska Huhn. For ten years, Vanessa was a member of Arcadian Winds, a woodwind quintet specializing in contemporary music and recipient of Chamber Music America’s “Residency Partnership Grant.” With the quintet and with other ensembles, Vanessa premiered numerous works and collaborated on recording projects for Centaur, PARMA, BMOP, and ECS Publishing.

An experienced arts executive, Vanessa has recently been appointed as Emmanuel Music’s next Executive Director. She led the entertainment agency, Music Management, as co-owner from 2012 to 2022, having previously served as a Senior Sales Associate beginning in 1998. With Music Management, Vanessa produced over 800 events per year, employing hundreds of local musicians at performance venues such as the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Fenway Park, and the White House. She is the former Concert Series Manager and Concert Tour Director for Phillips Exeter Academy, where she managed the prestigious Gilbert Concert Series and curated performance tours to Vietnam, Canada, California, and New York.