Jane Sheldon is a soprano and composer who has established an international reputation for highly specialised, groundbreaking art music for voice. Jane’s compositional output includes electronic music, chamber music, opera installations, works for dance companies and large-scale sound installations for museums. Described as “riveting” (New York Times) and “gripping” (Limelight Magazine), Jane’s compositions focus on the experience of altered or transformative states. Her latest album is I am a tree, I am a mouth (“conceptually brilliant… a vocal and compositional triumph, beautifully realised with splendid restraint” – Limelight Magazine). The release was listed in the New Yorker’s Notable Recordings of 2022. Her next album, Flowermuscle, is due out late 2024.
Jane has also worked extensively with other composers as they create new works for voice, including touring the globe with John Zorn from 2012-2017. She has performed at international arts festivals such as Lincoln Center Festival, Sydney Festival, Jerusalem Sacred Music Festival, Prototype Festival, Holland Festival, and Tokyo Festival. Recent performances include the Australian premiere of Mary Finsterer’s Antarctica at Sydney Festival with ASKO|Schönberg and Sydney Chamber Opera, where she is an Artistic Associate; the world premiere of Dylan Mattingly’s Stranger Love for the LA Phil; I am a tree, I am a mouth live in concert at New York’s MATA Festival; and the world premiere of Jack Symonds’ Gilgamesh for Sydney Chamber Opera and Opera Australia.
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