Jeanette Velasco was raised in San Antonio, Texas where she switched to bass trombone at the age of 13. She began her college education at The Boston Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts under the instruction of Angel Subero. After her first year, she transferred to The University of Texas at Austin to study under Dr. Nathaniel Brickens. During her time at UT Austin, Ms. Velasco competed in several competitions nationwide. 

In 2013 she was a finalist for American Trombone Workshop Division I in Arlington, Virginia. In 2014, along with UT Austin trombone studio members, she was a finalist for the Texas Christian University Trombone Quartet during TCUs annual Trombone Summit in Fort Worth, Texas. That year The University of Texas at Austin Trombone Choir was named honorable mention in the International Trombone Festival. In 2014 Jeanette also returned and won the Division II competition at the American Trombone Workshop. In 2015, she once again returned with members of the UT Trombone Studio as winners of the ATW trombone competition. The same year she was awarded the first place winner for the Big XII Trombone Conference at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, and the Texas State Trombone Symposium in San Marcos, Texas. In 2016 Jeanette was a finalist in the Edward Kleinhammer ITF competition in New York, New York. Ms. Velasco won the Concerto Competition at The University of Texas at Austin in 2016, where she was featured performing Steven Verhelsts Concertino for bass trombone and orchestra. 

Jeanette completed her Bachelor in Music Performance in 2016 from The University of Texas at Austin and continued her education at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. At the CvA she mainly studied with Ben van Dijk but also worked with Jorgen van Rijen, Remo De Jager, Pierre Volders, and Bart van Lier.  While in the Netherlands, Jeanette had the opportunity to perform in the 2017 Slide Factory with the CvA Trombone Class. In 2017 Jeanette competed in the Steven Zellmer Trombone Competition in Minneapolis and won second place overall. That summer she attended the Southeast Trombone Symposium in Columbus where she won the solo competition. Jeanette completed her Masters in Music Performance on bass and contrabass trombone in 2018 from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. 

She has subbed with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Austin Symphony Orchestra, Brazos Valley Symphony, and the Boston Civic Symphony. Ms. Velasco has performed in several masterclasses throughout her education including James Markey, Brandt Attema, Joseph Alessi, Randy Hawes, George Curran, Brian Hecht, John Whitaker, Denson Paul Pollard, Luis Fred, Blair Bollinger, Abbie Conant, Niels-Ole Welcomer, Jesper Juul, Paul Welcomer, Brad Kerns and Amanda Stewart.

Jeanette currently resides in Fort Worth, TX where she is the Graduate Assistant as she completes her DMA at TCU under Dr. Dave Begnoche. When not teaching or performing she enjoys spending time with her son Ezra, running, spending quality time with her loved ones, and trying new things!