Janet Ellen Ross, Soprano
Solo Experience
Mystic Brass Ensemble
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Bach St. John Passion: Ich folge dir gleichfalls
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Tomasi Procession Nocturne
Emmanuel Music
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Allegri Miserere mei
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Bach Cantata 181 (recitative & duet)
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Bach Magnificat: Suscepit Israel
Cantata Singers, Boston, MA
- Art songs by Walker, Greer, Capers, Kilpinen, Sævarsson, Sibelius, Backer-Grøndahl, and Hoose
- Bach Cantata 72: "Mein Jesus will es tun"
- Handel Dixit Dominus: "De torrente"
- Bach Cantata 248-V: "Wenn wird die Zeit erscheinen"
- Bach Cantata 149: "Gottes Engeln weichen nie"
- Purcell O sing unto the lord
- Chadwick Noel Part I
Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, MA
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Bach Aus Liebe
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Lloyd The Call
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Wesley Wash me throughly
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Darke In the bleak midwinter
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Mendelssohn O for the wings of a dove
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Handel Meine Seele hört im Sehen
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Faure Pie Jesu
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Handel I know that my redeemer liveth
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Bach Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
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Franck Panis angelicus
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Mozart Laudate Dominum, K. 339
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Handel Where’er you walk
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Mozart Alleluia, K. 165
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Mendelssohn I waited for the lord
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Schubert Ave Maria
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Wesley Blessed be the God and Father
Musica Sacra, Cambridge, MA
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Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
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Handel Israel in Egypt
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O'Regan The Ecstasies Above
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Whitacre Five Hebrew Love Songs
Amherst Early Music Festival Baroque Soloists Program, New London, CT
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Caldara Il giuoco del quadriglio (Clarice)
Belmont Open Sings, Belmont, MA
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Bach Mass in B Minor
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Mozart Solemn Vespers, K. 339
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Handel Messiah
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Orff Carmina Burana
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Schubert Mass in E-flat Major, D. 950
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Brahms Requiem
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Handel Israel in Egypt
Organization Affiliations
Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman, Director (2022-present)
Indictus Project, Thea Lobo, Director (2020-present)
Skylark Vocal Ensemble, Matthew Guard, Director (2020)
Vox Futura, Andrew Shenton, Director (2019-present)
Emmanuel Music, Ryan Turner, Director (2019-present)
Handel & Haydn Society, Harry Christophers, Director (2019-present)
Cantata Singers, David Hoose, Director (2016-present)
Cappella Clausura, Amy LeClair, Director (2016-present)
Education
Voice Teachers
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Pamela Dellal
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Laurie Monahan
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Paul Elliott
Voice Masterclasses
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Peter Harvey
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Laura Pudwell
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Aaron Sheehan
Indiana University
M.M. Piano Performance
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Mozart Concerto Competition Runner-up
B.M. Piano Performance
B.S.O.F. Flute & Music Pedagogy for Children
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Academic Distinction, Jacobs School of Music
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Departmental Honors, College of Arts and Sciences Individualized Major Program
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
M.Ed. Elementary Education
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
Initial License in Elementary Education (1-6) and Music Education (K-12)
Festivals & Workshops
Boston Conservatory at Berklee Voice Pedagogy Professional Workshop, 2021
Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute, 2021
Amherst Early Music Festival: The Early Music Singer's Toolbox, 2021
American Bach Soloists Academy (canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID)
Amherst Early Music Festival: Baroque Soloists Program & Ensemble Singing Intensive, 2019
Awards
VSAArts Panasonic Young Soloist’s Award (piano; 2003)
Cash award, recital at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
Indiana University Chancellor’s Scholar (2001)
Cash award recognizing academic achievement and service to the Jacobs School of Music
Eastman School of Music International Young Artists Competition (piano; 1997)
Cash awards: Grand Prize, Concerto Competition Prize, & Schubert/Brahms Category Prize
Music Teaching Experience
Church of the Redeemer Choristers (grades 1-8)
Vocal Coach & Co-Teacher
Shady Hill School Blue Chorus (grades 3-5)
Co-Director
Piano & Voice Lessons (ages 4-adult)
Indiana University Children's Choir Treble Chorus (grades 3-6)
Rehearsal Assistant & Accompanist
Choir Camp Counselor & Head Counselor (grades 1-8)
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Secondary Piano Department (undergraduate & graduate students) - Associate Instructor
Music in General Studies Department (undergraduate students) - Instructor's Assistant
Relevant Skills
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Sight-singing
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Straight-tone and vibrato singing
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Teaching (piano, voice, solfege, music theory, children's choir)
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Piano (professional)
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Flute/piccolo (semiprofessional)
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Violin/viola/recorder (intermediate)
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Music technology: Finale, DaVinci Resolve for virtual choir assembly, Audacity, SoundJack, JamKazaam, Zoom h4n.