Janice Jackson is one of Canada’s foremost interpreters of contemporary vocal repertoire. She has sung over 150 world premieres, many works written specifically for her, and performed with contemporary music ensembles, in modern music festivals and concert halls around the world – Beijing, Paris, Vienna, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Torino, Toronto, Montreal, New York and more. In September 2006 she became Artistic Director of the Halifax based contemporary vocal music society Vocalypse Productions. In January 2007 her successful solo project Wolf Moon (a Vocalypse Production) featuring 4 dramatic solos was premiered to sold out audiences in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In March 2007 she sang in a North American tour with Victoria’s Aventa Ensemble. This past October she returned from The Netherlands where she sang 4 world premieres in a production entitled “The Wahlwiller Passion” concerning the life of Dutch painter Ad de Haas. Her latest concert Monologue of a Lunatic was recorded by CBC Radio 2 for the Signal.
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