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The American Soprano, Janet Stone, first musical exploration was at age 4, when she would sing “Row, row, row your boat” repetitively, at increasingly higher keys, much 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 (2007-2011), where she studied under Margie V. Marrs.
Now based in Boston, Massachusetts, Janet Stone served as staff singer at Trinity Church, Copley Square for 9 years (2012-2021), 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 BWV 232, George Frideric Handel's Messiah, and Benjamin Britten's The Company of Heaven. Other recent solo performances include J.S. Bach's Johannes-Passion BWV 245 - where she was praised for her “sparkling voice” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), David Ibbett's Mars Symphony at the Charles Hayden Planetarium, Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered, and Ordo Virtutum (Castitas) by Hildegard von Bingen. She has performed with multiple professional ensembles, including Skylark Vocal Ensemble (since July 2017), Yale Consort, Ensemble Altera (since July 2020), Zenith Ensemble, Cappella Clausura (since 2015), Trinity Bach Project (Director: Nicholas Nicolaidis), The Boston Camerata, Handel & Haydn Society (Director: Harry Christophers), Odyssey Opera, and Nightingale Vocal Ensemble. She also sings soprano in Marsh Chapel Choir of Boston University (Director: Scott Allen Jarrett). Recording credits include the GRAMMY® nominated albums: "Seven Words from the Cross" and "It’s a Long Way", along with the first American recording of Francis Poulenc's Figure Humaine (Clear Voices in the Dark) all with Skylark Ensemble. Other album credits include two albums of music by Hilary Tann with Cappella Clausura, "The Lamb’s Journey" and "Dazzling Light" with Ensemble Altera, and "A Christmas Carol" with Skylark. She also recorded vocals for the Charles Hayden Planetarium film God, Science, and Our Search for Meaning in collaboration with best-selling author Dan Brown.
Janet Stone thoroughly enjoys working directly with composers, and has premiered works by Benedict Sheehan, Greg Brown, Dan Tepfer, Patricia Van Ness, Elena Ruehr, Adam Jacob Simon, Nell Shaw Cohen, Joey Meland, and Richard Webster. |
