Contact: Please e-mail Jan Jackson at janjackson@centurytel.net. She may also be reached by telephone at 512-353-8851, although email is the more expedient way to reach her.
Biography: Jan Jackson, director of Passing Measures, has been directing and performing with professional and educational Early Music ensembles in Central Texas for over 20 years. She has participated in various Early Music festivals and Renaissance faires around the country and in numerous workshops, including those at Amherst College and the Professional Recorder Program at Indiana University. Master Class, workshop, and private lesson instructors include Eva Legene, Marion Verbruggen, Paul Leenhout, Han Tol, Evalyn Nalen, Michael Lynn, Aldo Abreau, Tom Zajac, the members of the Flanders Quartet, Gwyn Roberts, Nina Stern, Wolfgang Dey, Dell Hollingsworth, Frances Blaker, Saskia Coolen, and Paul Raffeld
Jan began studying piano at age 4 and continued to college, flute from 5th grade through undergraduate school, and voice in high school and college. Her undergraduate and masters degrees and postgraduate studies are in the Communication Arts, and she has completed requirements for a minor in music at Texas State University.
Ms. Jackson currently peforms with the Texas Early Music Project, in addition to directing and performing with Passing Measures (medieval, renaissance, and baroque repertoire) and Timely Treasures (harp/recorder duo with early music and celtic repertoire).
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She has served on the National Board of Directors for the American Recorder Society and on the Educational Committee for that organization. A registered Suzuki recorder instructor, she is a charter member of the American Recorder Teachers Association, a member of its board of directors and the chair person for ARTA’s Scholarship Committee. She is a faculty member for the Armstrong Community Music School (South Austin), and the Texas TOOT (formerly Texas Early Music Festival). She teaches in students’ homes, at workshops, at the the First Baptist Church in Blanco, Texas, and privately at her studio, the Acadamie of Musick (North Central Austin).