JANEANNE HOUSTON, Soprano

The Seattle Times called her performance “radiant-voiced” and Gramophone magazine “unfailingly responsive and dedicated.” 

Soprano Janeanne Houston makes her debut with Maestro Scott and the Helena Symphony in Handel’s Messiah.  Ms. Houston has been a guest artist with many distinguished choruses and orchestras including Seattle Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Northwest Chamber Orchestra, Northwest Sinfonietta, Eugene Symphony and Opera, Great Falls Symphony, and Spokane Symphony. 

Her opera credits include “Konstanze” in Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio for Tacoma Opera, the role of “Mary” with Jerome Hines in his Biblical opera I am the Way, “Susanna” in Le Nozze di Figaro, “Violetta” in La Traviata, “Blanche” in Dialogues of the Carmelites, and “Michaela” in Carmen. 

Concert performances include Verdi’s Requiem, Brahms’ Requiem, Haydn’s The Creation, Mozart’s Mass in C minor, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Rachmaninoff’s The Bells, Orff’s Carmina Burana, and Handel’s Messiah.

Ms. Houston’s latest recording is of world premieres by living composers titled The Shining Place.  Other recordings include Songs of the Cotton Grass featuring the music of composer Hilary Tann, The Irish Songs of Sir Hamilton Harty, So Great a Joy, Living Mysteries, and So Much Beauty.  Her recordings have been broadcast on radio stations across the country and were featured on the syndicated radio program With Heart and Voice and New Releases on Minnesota Public Radio. 

Ms. Houston spent her childhood years in Myanmar, India, and the Phillippines.  She received her education at Ottawa University and University of Washington and is presently a member of the voice faculty at Pacific Lutheran University.