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Jenny Sawer - Résumé
Educational Background
- 1999-2003
- Bachelor of Music (Musicology with First class Honours)
Complementary study: Classical singing, tutored by Angela Giblin and Susan Ellis
Canberra School of Music, Australian National University
- 1996-1997
- ACT Year 12 Certificate, Narrabundah College
Career Overview
- October 2009 - Present
- Singing Teacher, Private Studio at Pirana Music
- February 2009 - Present
- Lead vocalist in covers band The Northside Rollers
- June 2008 - Present
- Lead vocalist/guitarist/pianist in original band Freyja's Rain
- February 2008 - present
- Singing Teacher, Canberra Girls Grammar School
- February 2007 - September 2009
- Singing Teacher, Home studio
- August 2002 - December 2006
- Singing Teacher, Canberra Music Tuition, Belconnen
- July 1998 - Present
- Vocalist, self-employed - choral performances, weddings, funerals and other functions
- April 2004 - present
- Lead vocalist in blues/pop/jazz trio UltraViolet
- March 2005 - October 2008
- Vocal Soloist, Christian Science Church, Barton
- September 2005 - Present
- Soprano with vocal quartet Faux pas harmonie
- September 2005 - Present
- Occasional performer with A Bunch of Posers,
Acting/Singing performing group
- February 2006 - February 2008
- Staff member of Rocking Horse Music, Early Childhood Music Education program
- July 2004 - December 2007
- Musical Director, Out of the shower
and on with the show choir, Tuggeranong Community Arts Centre
- January 2006 - July 2007
- Musical Director, Lush Life, jazz/pop vocal group
- July 2006 - December 2006
- Musical Director, Retro Rebels community choir
- April 2005 - July 2006
- Assistant Musical Director, Canberra Union Voices
- September 2004 - December 2005
- Musical Director, Andante Andante, ABBA
tribute choir
- March 2004
- Assistant to the Program Manager, National Folk Festival 2004
- February 1996 - December 1999
- Member of young women's a capella choir Cantare
Volunteer Work
- December 2002 - August 2004
- Performer Reception Coordinator, National Folk Festival, Canberra
- November 2000 - August 2003
- Social Secretary, 54th Australian Intervarsity Choral Festival, Canberra
- February - December 2000
- Assistant to the Music Therapist, Jindalee Nursing Home
Choral/Opera Roles
- March 2009
- Fury 1 (Soprano soloist) with A Chorus of Women’s "The Gifts of the Furies"
- December 2008
- Soloist in CAMRA's performance of Britten's Ceremony of Carols
- October 2007 and October 2008
- Belshazzer's Queen in the Wayfarers' production of the Play of Daniel
- September 2006
- Soprano soloist in Fiona Fraser's Prayer for Peace
- September 2005 and June 2008
- Humility, Queen of the Virtues in CAMRA's production of Hildegard von Bingen's Ordo Virtutum
- December 2004
- Soprano soloist, St Paul's choir performance of Stanford's Magnificat in D
- October 2004
- Mezzo-soprano soloist, ANU Choral Society's performance of
Dvorák's Mass in D and Howell's Requiem
- June 2004
- Second soprano soloist, ANU Choral Society's performance of Vivaldi's Gloria
- July 2003
- Second soprano soloist, Canberra Intervarsity Choral Festival's
performance of Monteverdi's Vespers of
1610
- October 2002
- Aphrodite and Queen Victoria in Judith Clingan's The Grandfather Clock
- August 2002
- Chorus member, George Limb Opera Company's The
Merry Widow
- May 2002
- Soprano soloist, ANU Choral Society's performance of Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle
Musical Skills
- Singing teacher
- Vocal performance - mezzo-soprano (jazz/pop/blues/classical/folk/rock)
- Musicological research and theory (specialising in ethnomusicology)
- Conducting
- Cellist, guitarist and pianist
- Composer and arranger of music
Scholarships/Awards
- September 2008
- Writer, Full Member, Australasian Performing Rights Association limited (APRA)
- November 2007
- Kodály Teacher Training Certificate, Primary Music Education, Level 1
- September 2006
- Adult Learners' Week ACT 2006 Award for Outstanding Teacher
- March 2004 - December 2004
- Vocal Scholarship holder, Wesley Uniting Church choir, Forrest
- February 2001 - December 2003
- Vocal Scholarship holder, St Paul's Anglican Church choir, Manuka
- September 2002
- First place - Vocal Open Championship, Wagga Wagga Eisteddfod
References
References are available on request.
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