Jan Jennings was introduced to music with piano lessons as a child. After 5 years of piano instruction, she began studying harp with Marie Mellman Naugle in Harrisburg, PA. Despite many years of lessons, she did not intend to pursue the harp as a profession. She sought a degree in psychology while enjoying a successful career in banking. As demand for her talents as a harpist increased, Jan "retired" from her position as Vice President of Operations to pursue a full time career as a harpist. For almost ten years she performed nightly at the five-diamond Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando.

Currently a free-lance harpist based in Orlando, she has been the featured artist at prestigious venues in the US and Europe. A past first prizewinner of the Lyon & Healy International Pop & Jazz Harp Competition, Jan is a widely respected performer and teacher of both classical and popular music. As the author of The Harpist's Complete Wedding Guidebook, she is a recognized authority on weddings. Jennings is the Music Review Editor and Assistant Editor for The Harp Column, a national harp magazine. She has made several recordings, and a number of her arrangements have been published. She founded the Central Florida Chapter of the American Harp Society in 1987, and is Director-at-Large and Treasurer for the American Harp Society.