Mezzo Soprano Jane Shim, a native of Korea, studied under Jane Paul and Suzanne Harmon at California State University in Fullerton. While in school, she was coached as a soprano and has performed many soprano solo roles. She also won several competitions while in school.
Jane is now a familiar face to Orange County choral music audiences as a mezzo-soprano. She joined Pacific Chorale and the John Alexander Singers in 1999, and has appeared as Mezzo soloist with them in many works, including Bach's B Minor Mass, Vivaldi's Gloria, Mozart's Requiem, Verdi's La Traviata, Handel's Messiah and Mozart's The Magic Flute, etc. Jane was a featured soloist in performance of Stravinsky's Les Noces with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal at the L.A. Music Center in the fall of 2006.
Jane is also known to world-wide Hour of Power viewers. She was a featured soloist during Cryatal Cathedral Choir's tour to Holland under direction of Don Neuen. This year, she is engaged in two Handel's Messiah performances under direction of Don Neuen, one with the Angeles Chorale, and another at the Crystal Cathedral.
While remaining based in southern California, Jane has performed in numerous cities across the countr, including Savannah, Houston, Austin, Dallas, Boston, Chicago, and Newark. As a soloist and member of ensemble, she has performed with such well-known orchestras as Musica Angelica, Pacific Symphony, L.A. Philharmonic, Boston Pops, Hollywood Bowl Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, Pasadena Symphony, and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra.

Ms. Shim performed the Messiah with the Angeles Chorale in December of 2007.

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