Biography

Soprano Janet Stone’s first musical exploration was at age four, when she would sing “Row, row, row your boat” repetitively, at increasingly higher keys, to her parents’ chagrin. She gained much of her musical education at Grace Episcopal Church and the Madison Opera Chorus, both in Madison, Wisconsin, before earning her Bachelors of Music degree at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. While at Coe, she studied under Margie V. Marrs.

Now based in Boston, Janet served as staff singer at Trinity Church, Copley Square for eight years, under the direction of Richard Webster and Colin Lynch, where she was soloist for multiple services and concerts. Most recent of these were performances of J.S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor, G.F. Handel’s Messiah, and Benjamin Britten’s The Company of Heaven. Other recent solo performances include Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered, and Ordo Virtutum by Hildegard von Bingen. Janet also sings with multiple professional ensembles, including Skylark Ensemble, Ensemble Altera, Zenith Ensemble, Cappella Clausura, and The Bach Project. Recording credits include the GRAMMY® nominated albums: Seven Words from the Cross and It’s a Long Way, both with Skylark Ensemble, along with two albums of music by Hilary Tann with Cappella Clausura and The Lamb’s Journey and Dazzling Light with Ensemble Altera.

Janet thoroughly enjoys working directly with composers, and has premiered works by Patricia Van Ness, Elena Ruehr, Adam Jacob Simon, Nell Shaw Cohen, Joey Meland, and Richard Webster.

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