Studio News
New Location, Same Voice Studio
As most of you know, the Janice Edwards Voice Studio has had a rather nomadic history the past 20 years. When I moved to New Hampshire in 1999, I found a lovely location for a studio on Hanover Street, right across from the Palace Theatre. This area of Manchester has been lovingly referred to at times…
Read MoreConcord Community Chorus’s performance of Handel’s Messiah
I am thrilled to be the alto soloist with the Concord Community Chorus’s performance of Handel’s Messiah on Sunday, December 3, 2023, at St. Paul’s Church in Concord, NH. My colleagues are soprano Peggo Hodes, tenor Sean Parr, and baritone Mark Andrew Cleveland, Benjamin Greene conductor. Admission is free. Hope to see you there!
Read MoreManchester West Side, Here We Come!
After over 20 years in midtown Manchester, the Janice Edwards Voice Studio will be moving to 212 Coolidge Avenue as of Tuesday, September 5. Here is a photo of the beautiful house where the studio will be located, through the right door and up the stairs. DIRECTIONS From Manchester, cross the Bridge Street Bridge, then bear right…
Read MoreStudents in the Studio
Saturday, April 29, 2023 at the Janice Edwards Voice Studio in Manchester, NHI am so proud of these wonderful singers, all of whom have been my students for a number of years. They presented a variety of songs, from musical theatre to jazz to classical songs/arias, accompanied by the invaluable collaborative pianist, Charlie Blood. Soprano…
Read MoreBlessed with friends, colleagues and students
I’m so blessed! Close friends, colleagues and students helped to make my retirement from my “day job” more joyous than expected. As is the case for many performing artists, I’ve had day jobs to support myself between gigs. Since 2000, I worked as a legal administrative assistant at a law firm in Manchester, NH. About…
Read MoreStudent Spotlight – Dustin Teuber
Saturday, 8 October – the creepies were in full force at the Umbrella Stage Company in Concord, MA, last night. Their production of “Dracula – A feminist revenge fantasy…really” was fun and disturbing at the same time. Kudos to the entire cast… ESPECIALLY my friend and student Dustin Teuber, who played Dracula in the most…
Read MoreJanice Edwards Voice Studio Performance Class
Saturday, Oct. 29 – Janice Edwards Voice Studio performance class with Charlie Blood, invaluable collaborative pianist, sopranos Janet Mailing Wittenberg and Janet Boutin struttin’ their stuff with jazz and pop songs. Janet B. sang 3 Kern songs (one of the very BEST composers of lyrical jazz and musical theatre repertoire). Janet Boutin delivered these Kern…
Read MoreThe Wagner in Vermont Festival Comes To A Close
The Wagner in Vermont Festival came to a close on Saturday, August 27, at the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro, VT, with a stunning production of “Die Walkure.” I find it difficult to adequately express my gratitude to these two artists – Maestro Hugh Keelan and his wife Soprano Jenna Ray – who managed the unbelievable…
Read MoreWagner in Vermont Festival has been a smashing success
TUNDI Productions’ (www.TUNDIProductions.org) Wagner in Vermont Festival has been a smashing success. I am both humbled and thrilled to have been a part of this monumental mounting by a “small but mighty” opera company to produce fully-staged, with orchestra, the first two Ring operas, “Das Rheingold” and “Die Walkure.” Every single artist – and I…
Read MoreWagner in Vermont Festival – Day 3 Recap
TUNDI Productions has done a marvelous job of planning day-time activities and informative events to keep attendees and artists inspired and entertained. On Wednesday, 24 August, I gave a short presentation called “Wagner’s Other Songs”, which I had discovered many years ago in a Dover publication which included about 20 songs in both German and…
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