The remarkable talents of Mountain Road Recording in Albuquerque, NM.
Influences
Interests: music, theatre, cricket, good friends, film, literature
Favourite music: Bernstein, Neil Hannon, Mozart, Elgar, Britten, Jim Steinman, Jethro Tull, Kate Bush, Copland, Elvis Costello, Murray Gold, Adrian Johnston, Elton John, Jamie Cullum, Nightwish, Prokofiev, Tim Fatchen, Kate Rusby, Jonathan Larson, Steeleye Span, Sondheim, Strawhead, John Tams, Vaughan Wms, Antonello Venditti, Yoshiki, many others
Favourite television: Doctor Who, Fawlty Towers, Mulberry, Life on Mars (BBC), Yes Minister, Dark Shadows, The Two Ronnies, Black Books
Favourite authors: Shakespeare, Stoppard, Gaiman, Tolkien, Lewis
Favourite films: Shakespeare in Love, A Matter of Life and Death, Truly Madly Deeply, Amadeus, Ladyhawke
Favourite quotation: This will be our response to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully and more devotedly than ever before. - Leonard Bernstein
Sounds Like
Jane Ellen with a little help from my friends
New album available November 1st, 2009!
Please visit CDBaby, iTunes, DigStation, or your favourite digital distributor for my CDs.
NEW!! Following My Heart [2009]
Flowers in Winter [2007]
Seasons of the Heart [2005]
From My Heart [2004]
iTunes
If you're interested in chamber music, choral literature or instrumental solos, you can find samples at my website, www.janeellen.com, as well as at Classical Lounge.
Jane Ellen is an active composer, performer, and recording artist, currently living in the southwestern US. She holds a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from the University of New Mexico (double majors in Music and Religious Studies); after completing 15 hours towards a Master of Music degree in composition, she received permanent Professional Masters certification from the Music Teachers National Association in Washington, DC.
Her newest CD, Following My Heart (2009), completes the trilogy which began in 2004 with her first CD, From My Heart, and Seasons of the Heart in 2006. In 2007 she released Flowers in Winter, a holiday themed CD. She is an award-winning member of ASCAP and serves as National Director for the SAI American Composers Bureau; her biography has been listed in several editions of Marquis's Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, and Who's Who of American Women.
In 2009 Jane received her 20th consecutive annual award from ASCAP; she has also won several national competitions. Numerous performers and ensembles over the years have commissioned her work, but she is perhaps proudest of the one from the Canossian Daughters of Charity, FdCC, for a hymn on the occasion of the canonisation of St Josephine Bakhita in Rome, in 2000. This piece, Lead Us To Christ Jesus, is currently being performed around the world in three languages.
Passionate about theatre, Jane has collaborated with playwright Christina Hamlett on several projects, including a two-act musical The Last Days of Indian Summer and the mini-musical Ed Poe and the Ravenettes, and works frequently in collaboration with lyricist Claire Roth. Last year she composed a piece for the soundtrack to the German film Ekkelins Knecht; she also wrote the theme for the documentary The Man Who Lost the Civil War and the theme for the internet radio show Sonic Soaps. Musical selections from her first two CDs were used as the soundtrack for radio productions written and produced in London, England by Chris Dale, A Cream Cracker Under the Settee and Elaine; in 2006 she completed a two-act musical entitled Burying Mama, written with playwright Kathleen Matthews.
For several years Jane collaborated on scripts for the national award-winning children's radio program Boombox Classroom. Two poems, 'Reenactment' and 'Alone in Misty Light', have been published by the International Library of Poetry, and she is currently pursuing several writing projects.
An avid history buff, Jane spends much of her time researching and presenting lecture programs on her favourite topics which include Mediaeval Music, the Elizabethan Era, Music of the English and American Civil Wars, the Victorian Era, Music Heard on the Titanic, Jazz History and Popular Music Appreciation, and Military Music of all Eras. When not engaged in musical pursuits she enjoys classic mystery novels, following the cricket, and watching new and old Doctor Who.
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Received my copy of the "Follow My Heart" CD - I've listened to it 3 times. Bravo!!! I especially like "Keeper Of My Heart", "Vision Of The Past" and "Deep Peace". And then I heard the greatest surprise of all - your pretty singing voice on "Follow Your Heart"!
Why would I want a free CD featuring your music? Well, besides the fact that I thoroughly enjoy the one album I own, and the fact that you are a superb performer... it's FREE! (Yeah, I'm a cheap S.O.B. -- but I do like your music!)
I would love to have a free CD from you Jane because I am a fan of your classical music. One of my favorite CDs is From My Heart. I can't pick a favorite track from it, because they are all wonderful. Your music gets me through the day and whenever I have stress or just need something to uplift me or cool me down, I just turn on the radio and pop in your CDs.
Why would I like to be one of the lucky 5? Because I love the music on the other 2 CDs I have from you! AND I'm one of those pesky starving musicians! lol Have a great Sunday!
Hello, It's always a pleasure to contact my friends, first thanks for your friendship and hope all is well. if you have time, there are some new videos on my page. Life is beautiful. All the best - Pat.
Thank you Jane for including me among your friends.
I greatly admire all the interesting and amazing talents you have
and am so honored by this friendship with you.
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
Thank you for including me among your friends and fans. Your music is quite lovely, especially enjoy your "Time for Rejoicing" and "Prayer for Peace." Sending you my sincere wishes for your continued success and happiness. Blessings to you, Joy