Success
for music teacher Jane Anderson-Brown
Paignton soprano Jane Anderson-Brown,
music teacher at Churston Ferrers Grammar School had a very
successful day on Saturday 19th November at the Taunton and
Somerset Music and Drama Festival, receiving six commended awards
and a distinction and winning three classes (English song, French
Melodie and German Lieder).
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Her distinction was
in the Lieder class, singing Brahms and Mozart, where she
was adjudicated along with her mother Janet Williams from
Chudleigh who accompanied her throughout the festival. They
are now the holders of the Diana Rees Lieder Trophy.
Jane and Janet are
in demand as performers, both individually and together.
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Janet plays the organ regularly
at Trusham Church, and accompanies on the piano, as well as
being an orchestral percussionist. Jane is known for singing
opera and art songs, and has performed in concert across south
Devon since she moved to Paignton in July 2009. She has sung
with New Devon Opera, covering the role of Frasquita for them
in last year's production of Carmen, and she will be singing
the part of the Aunt in next summer's production of Madame
Butterfly. She has sung extensively in opera and concert in
London and the south east, including Holland Park, Basingstoke
– where she created several roles in newly commissioned works,
and as the soloist in Proms style finales on Eastbourne Bandstand
and other venues. In 2010 she performed at the end of the
Paignton Regatta fireworks, as well as touring a concert of
wartime songs.
Jane is also well known as a music
teacher and director, working in several Torbay schools, and
running ensembles at Churston Ferrers Grammar School and Torbay
Academy of Performing Arts. She is a regular conductor for
the Teignmouth and Ivybridge Community Choirs and offers choir
and soloists workshops. As well as singing, she plays flute
and saxophone, and also teaches piano and keyboard.
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