Notice Board

Music at Noon Series: Janice Jackson, soprano (Halifax, NS)
Voice Dance
12:15 pm, November 22, 2016
University Recital Hall
FREE Admission, Everyone Welcome

Janice Isabel Jackson’s concert entitled Voice Dance will consist of four 20th and 21st century vocal solos.  From improvisation based on graphic scores to extended vocal techniques to ritualistic movement, this concert is both lighthearted and profound, and highlights the flexibility and potential of the human voice.

Biography
Janice Isabel Jackson has sung over 200 world premieres, many works written specifically for her, and performed with contemporary music ensembles and in concert halls around the world – Beijing, Paris, Vienna, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Torino, Toronto, Montreal, New York, Berlin, Johannesburg, Cape Town and more.  She has appeared in countless contemporary music festivals including the November Festival (Ghent), Wien Modern (Vienna), Ludwigs Lust (Hamburg), The Proms (Amsterdam), IRCAM (Paris), Big Torino 2000 (Turin), the Diem Festival of Electro-acoustic music (Denmark), the Vancouver Symphony’s Roadhouse Series, and the Scotia Festival of Music (Nova Scotia).  She is also the Artistic Director of the Halifax based contemporary vocal music society Vocalypse Productions, through which she has produced and premiered many new works Tim Brady’s new opera Ghost Tango (2015) for 2 singers and electric guitar.  In 2015 she premiered Jerome Blais’ Songs for Milena with the Symphony Nova Scotia. She can be heard on many CD’s, including Live Wired (2015), on which she premiered (Un)Forgotten Voices (first prize in Concours Collégien de musique contemporaine) by Jerome Blais.  During her career she has been the recipient of many grants including professional development grants through Arts Nova Scotia and a long term project grant through The Canada Council.  She recently spent 5 weeks at the Banff Arts Centre as a musician in residence.  She has received recognition for her contribution Nova Scotian culture from The Honorable Myra A. Freeman, Lieutenant Governor, as well as an Established Artist Award through Arts Nova Scotia.