Janet Ellen Ross, Soprano

Soloist Experience

Mozart: Alleluia, K. 165 (Church of the Redeemer, 2020)

Handel: I know that my redeemer liveth (Church of the Redeemer, 2020)

Nordic Song Recital Set (Cantata Singers Chamber Series, 2020)

Mendelssohn: I waited for the Lord (Church of the Redeemer, 2020)

Britten: Ceremony of Carols (Cantata Singers, 2019)

Schubert: Ave Maria (Church of the Redeemer, 2019)

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 (Musica Sacra, 2019)

Caldara: Il giuoco del Qudriglio - Clarice (Amherst Early Music Festival Baroque Academy, 2019)

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater - excerpts (Church of the Redeemer, 2019, 2018, and 2013)

Purcell: O Sing unto the lord (Cantata Singers, 2018)

Wesley: Blessed be the God and Father (Church of the Redeemer, 2018, 2017, and 2015)

Bach: Mass in B Minor (Belmont Open Sings, 2018)

Chadwick: Noel, Part I (Cantata Singers, 2017)

Mozart: Solemn Vespers, K. 339 (Belmont Open Sings, 2017)

Handel: Israel in Egypt (Musica Sacra, 2017)

Recitals (2014, 2015, and 2016)

Handel: Messiah (Belmont Open Sings, 2014 and 2009)

Orff: Carmina Burana (Belmont Open Sings, 2014)

Schubert: Mass in E-flat Major (Belmont Open Sings, 2012)

Brahms: Requiem (Belmont Open Sings, 2010)

Handel: Israel in Egypt (Belmont Open Sings, 2009)

Skylark Vocal Ensemble, Matthew Guard, Director (2020)

Vox Futura, Andrew Shenton, Director (2019-present)

Emmanuel Music, Ryan Turner, Director (2019-present)

Handel and Haydn Society, Harry Christophers, Director (2019-present)

Cantata Singers, David Hoose, Director (2016-present; section leader, soloist)

Cappella Clausura, Amelia LeClair, Director (2016-present; soloist)

Copley Singers, Brian Jones, Director (2013-present)

Church of the Redeemer-Chestnut Hill, Michael Murray, Director (2011-present; soloist, children’s choir vocal coach)

Church of the Advent-Beacon Hill, Mark Dwyer, Director (2014-2016)

Musica Sacra, Mary Beekman, Director (2008-2016; soloist)

Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, Director (2008-2012)

Voice Teachers: Pamela Dellal, Laurie Monahan, Paul Elliott

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Master of Music: Piano Performance (2004)
Mozart Concerto Competition Runner-up
Bachelor of Music: Piano Performance (2002)
Bachelor of Science in Music and an Outside Field: Flute Performance & Music Pedagogy for Children (2002)
Academic Distinction, Jacobs School of Music
Departmental Honors, College of Arts and Sciences Individualized Major Program

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

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