Janet Ellen Ross, Soprano

Solo Experience

​Cantata Singers, Boston, MA

  • Bach Cantata 149: "Gottes Engeln weichen nie"
  • Art songs by Kilpinen, Sævarsson, Sibelius, Backer-Grøndahl, and Hoose
  • Purcell O sing unto the lord
  • Chadwick Noel Part I

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​Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, MA 

  • Mendelssohn O for the wings of a dove

  • Handel Meine Seele hört im Sehen

  • Faure Pie Jesu

  • Handel I know that my redeemer liveth

  • Bach Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring

  • Franck Panis angelicus

  • Mozart Laudate Dominum, K. 339

  • Handel Where’er you walk

  • Mozart Alleluia, K. 165

  • Mendelssohn I waited for the lord

  • Schubert Ave Maria

  • Wesley Blessed be the God and Father

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Musica Sacra, Cambridge, MA

  • ​Monteverdi Vespers of 1610

  • Handel Israel in Egypt

  • O'Regan The Ecstasies Above

  • Whitacre Five Hebrew Love Songs

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Amherst Early Music Festival Baroque Soloists Program, New London, CT

  • Caldara Il giuoco del quadriglio (Clarice)

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​Belmont Open Sings, Belmont, MA

  • Bach Mass in B Minor

  • Mozart Solemn Vespers, K. 339

  • Handel Messiah

  • Orff Carmina Burana

  • Schubert Mass in E-flat Major, D. 950

  • Brahms Requiem

  • Handel Israel in Egypt

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Organization Affiliations

​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)

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Education

​Voice Teachers

  • Pamela Dellal

  • Laurie Monahan

  • Paul Elliott

 

​Voice Masterclasses

  • Peter Harvey

  • Laura Pudwell

  • Aaron Sheehan

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​Indiana University

M.M. Piano Performance

  • Mozart Concerto Competition Runner-­up

B.M. Piano Performance

B.S.O.F. Flute & Music Pedagogy for Children

  • Academic Distinction, Jacobs School of Music

  • Departmental Honors, College of Arts and Sciences Individualized Major Program

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University of Massachusetts-Amherst

M.Ed. Elementary Education

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Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education

Initial License in Elementary Education (1-6) and Music Education (K-12)

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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

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Awards

​VSAArts Panasonic Young Soloist’s Award (piano; 2003)
Cash award, recital at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.

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Indiana University Chancellor’s Scholar (2001)
Cash award recognizing academic achievement and service to the Jacobs School of Music

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Eastman School of Music International Young Artists Competition (piano; 1997)
Cash awards: Grand Prize, Concerto Competition Prize, & Schubert/Brahms Category Prize

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Music Teaching Experience

Church of the Redeemer Choristers (grades 1-8)

Vocal Coach & Co-Teacher

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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)

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Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

Secondary Piano Department (undergraduate & graduate students) - Associate Instructor

Music in General Studies Department (undergraduate students) - Instructor's Assistant

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Relevant Skills

  • Sight-singing

  • Straight-tone and vibrato singing

  • Teaching (piano, voice, solfege, music theory, children's choir)

  • Piano (professional)

  • Flute/piccolo (semiprofessional)

  • Violin/viola/recorder (intermediate)

  • Music technology: Finale, DaVinci Resolve for virtual choir assembly, Audacity, SoundJack, JamKazaam, Zoom h4n.