Monday, 5 December 2011

An Evening of Christmas Music


I will be singing in this concert. Please come and support us if you are around Hampshire!
See you there!

Tuesday, 8 November 2011

Photos of A Night at The Opera






This piano was previously owned by L. Bernstein.



Andy, the pianist - Nicolletta, me and my student Hannah.

Monday, 10 October 2011

A night at the Opera

I will be singing in Park Place Pastoral Centre in Wickham, Southampton on 21 Oct 2011 (Friday) at 7.30pm with a group of singers from AmusicUK group. We will perform a selection of arias from the famous operas like The Marriage di Figaro, Die Fledermaus, Cosi fan tutte, Don GIovanni, Rusalka, Rinaldo, Rigoletto etc.....

This concert will be a fundraising concert to support the humanitarian work of the Franciscan Sisters.

So, please come and support this charity concert! A night that you can't miss!







Friday, 25 March 2011

Biography




Janet Kan, a masters graduate in the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama studied with a remarkable tutor, Catherine Harper and an excellent coach, Angela Livingstone.

Born in Sabah, Janet Kan began studying voice at the age of nine, initially under the guidance of Vun Kui Xin and later with Annie Tsen and Poon Sook Peng. In 2007 she was accepted onto a Bachelor of Education (TESL) at the University of Malaysia, Sabah (UMS). She obtained the ATCL Diploma in voice from the Trinity Examination Board of London with a merit in 2007 and a distinction in Grade 8 from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) in 2003. During her studies she has also participated in master classes with tenor Lim Shieh-Yih in Singapore, Rachelle Gerodias from New York, James Gilchrist, Patricia McMahon and Elin Manahan Thomas in Cardiff.

After her degree course in UMS, she was teaching in a secondary school as an English teacher in S.M. St. Patrick Tawau until August 2009.

Janet has participated in many singing competitions. In 2000, she emerged as second runner-up in the Malaysia National Classical Song Singing Competition at Sabah state level. In 2003, she was the champion in the same competition. In 2005, she was the second runner-up this time at national level. She gained the second runner-up spot again at national level in Kuala Lumpur 2008. She was also a finalist in the Côr Meibion Pontypridd Prize, 2009.

She played the role of Une Pastourelle in Ravel’s L’Enfant et Les Sortileges with the RWCMD Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Jones. She also sang in The Fairy Queen as a Chinese woman during the RWCMD Opera Scene 2009.

As well as giving solo performances, she is also teaching vocal lessons and giving individual singing lessons in church choirs. She was also elected as a judge for a range of singing competitions throughout Malaysia.

You can find me on:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Janet-Kan-the-soprano/324704145795

http://janetkwy.blogspot.com

http://amusicuk.blogspot.com

Thursday, 24 March 2011

Henry Purcell, Divine Hymns and the Songs of England




Concert at Bournemouth on Saturday 16 April 2011

"Henry Purcell, Divine Hymns and the Songs of England"

Saturday 16 April 2011 7.30pmSt.Ambrose Church-Bournemouth







Beatriz Lozano soprano
Janet Kan soprano
Paul Gardner pianist
AmusicUk Singers
Vida Forester, Elisa Franceschini, Andy John
son, Lisa Axworthy, Nathan Dew



St.Ambrose Church


Please find out more on :
http://amusicuk.blogspot.com/





Performances


My recital before I left Malaysia to the United Kingdom

Singing in a charity dinner




My final recital in RWCMD


Ravel’sL’Enfant et Les Sortileges



My Lecture Recital - Analysis and Interpretation of "The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation" by Henry Purcell


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