{"product_id":"janeanne-houston","title":"Janeanne Houston","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoprano \u003cstrong\u003eJaneanne Houston\u003c\/strong\u003e is a versatile performer, and one of the Northwest region’s busiest artists. Her extensive repertoire spans the Baroque era to the present, and she has been privileged to champion the work of living composers. She has worked under the batons of many fine conductors including Gerard Schwarz, James DePreist, Sidney Harth, Dean Williamson, Richard Sparks, Yakov Bergman, Christophe Chagnard, and Miguel Harth-Bedoya. An active recitalist, she is often the featured guest artist in concert series programs and music festivals across the nation. Concert works that she has performed many times include \u003cem\u003eCarmina Burana\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMessiah\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRequiems\u003c\/em\u003e of Brahms, Verdi, and Mozart, and Mozart’s \u003cem\u003eMass in C Minor\u003c\/em\u003e. Also at home on the opera stage, she has sung the roles of Elizabetta in \u003cem\u003eDon Carlo\u003c\/em\u003e, Konstanze in Die \u003cem\u003eEntführung aus dem Serail\u003c\/em\u003e, Susanna in \u003cem\u003eLe Nozze di Figaro\u003c\/em\u003e, Violetta in \u003cem\u003eLa Traviata\u003c\/em\u003e, Blanche in \u003cem\u003eDialogues of the Carmelites\u003c\/em\u003e and Micaela in \u003cem\u003eCarmen\u003c\/em\u003e. Ms. Houston has recorded many of North Carolina composer Dan Locklair’s songs and vocal works, and she recorded a work titled \u003cem\u003eLairs of Soundings\u003c\/em\u003e for string orchestra and soprano with the Slovak Radio Orchestra under Kirk Trevor for the Naxos label. A recording of world premieres by living composers titled \u003cem\u003eThe Shining Place \u003c\/em\u003ewas also released in 2006, and preparations for a future recording release for Zimbel Records titled \u003cem\u003eSongs of the Cotton Grass. \u003c\/em\u003e This disk features music of Welsh composer Hilary Tann. Ms. Houston gave the East Coast premiere of that cycle on a New York State recital tour with oboist, Shannon Spicciati. Other recordings include \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.northwestartists.org\/joy\/index.htm\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSo Great a Joy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.northwestartists.org\/mysteries\/index.htm\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiving Mysteries\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Chamber Music of Dan Locklair\u003c\/em\u003e, (Albany Records), and \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.northwestartists.org\/beauty\/index.htm\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSo Much Beauty\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. The Seattle Times has called her singing \"radiant-voiced\" and Gramophone, \"unfailingly responsive and dedicated.” The Journal of Singing raves “a flawless sense of style.” Recent concert performances have included, Poulenc’s \u003cem\u003eGloria \u003c\/em\u003eunder the baton of Rodney Eichenberger at Benaroya Hall, the role of the Contessa Almaviva in \u003cem\u003eLe Nozze di Figaro\u003c\/em\u003e with Helena Symphony, Elizabetta in \u003cem\u003eDon Carlo \u003c\/em\u003efor Bellevue Opera, Brahms’ \u003cem\u003eA German Requiem\u003c\/em\u003e with Bremerton Symphony conducted by Hilary Davon Wetton, and this year with Rainier Symphony. She sang a return engagement for the Messiah Festival of Music and Art in Kansas, and has recently sung performances of Verdi’s Requiem in Benaroya Hall with Mark Adrian conducting, and this past spring with Walla Walla Symphony under Yakov Bergman. The managing and founding member of Northwest Artists and the recording label Elmgrove Productions; she has been a member of the voice faculty at Pacific Lutheran University since 1989.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhoto: Susan Rothschild\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"BPA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":819487151,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0641\/5033\/products\/JaneanneHoustonMed.jpeg?v=1409778729","url":"https:\/\/bpa-dev.myshopify.com\/products\/janeanne-houston","provider":"Bainbridge Performing Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}