Composer and pianist Jessica Krash represents every woman in the arts who has followed her muse to achieve career goals while raising a family. The Chevy Chase resident closes Strathmore’s Women in the Arts series Thursday in a program of her original works, two of them world premieres.

A Harvard graduate with high honors, she boasts a master’s degree in piano from Juilliard School of Music and a doctorate in composition from the University of Maryland. Although she grew up adoring and studying the classics, she stands at a crossroads between traditional and new music.