Festival of Voices

    Jane Christie-Johnston

    Choir director & singer (TAS)

    Jane is a singer, choir director and event producer. She is the Director of the Sing For Your Life! Choir, the Ho-Ho-Hobart Christmas Choir and Up She Rises. She also sings with award-winning a cappella ensemble ThylaSing, and recently formed a new dance music collaboration with Queensland-based artist DJ J-SAN. You can also hear her on the soundtrack for Deadloch (Prime Video, 2023). Previously Jane has sung with guitar/vocals duo Silk, and a cappella groups Heart & Soul and About Time, plus a few choirs about the place. 

    She was an Associate Producer of Tasmania’s Festival of Voices for three years (2013-15) and the Volunteers Coordinator for the Ten Days on the Island Festival in 2017 and is a past President of the Tasmanian A Cappella Association. She is also the current Chairperson of the Young Voices of Hobart Board. 
     
    Jane runs choir singing workshops for community and corporate groups – even for people who are adamant they ‘don’t sing’! 

    Image credit: Gavin Baskerville