Experience how love is the ultimate form of transformation through a progression of songs which will evoke compassion, empathy, and hope.

Soprano Jane Shivick is among this region's most accomplished and versatile musicians and has garnered high praise for her extraordinary vocal abilities. The New York Times has praised the dramatic soprano for her “character and vocal richness.” The Boston Globe affirms that “Shivick has a voice evenly glamorous throughout its compass and an engaging stage presence.”

An accomplished singer, Ms. Shivick is equally at home in opera, oratorio, concert, and recital. Orchestral highlights include such works as Mozart’s Mass in C Minor, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Brahms’s Requiem, Handel’s Judas Maccabeus, Dvořák’s Stabat Mater, Rossini's Le petit messe solennelle, Dubois' Seven Last Words of Christ, Schubert's Mass in Aflat, Duruflé’s Requiem, Vaughn Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem, and Verdi’s Requiem. 

Among her many credits, Ms. Shivick made her Boston Symphony Hall debut as a soloist with The Boston Pops Orchestra under the batons of Keith Lockhart, Steven Mercurio, and Federico Cortese, and has returned to work with Maestro Lockhart for several "Holiday Pops" concerts in addition to performing selections from the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs by Henryck Górecki. She has been a featured soloist with the Boston Civic Symphony, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Rhode Island Civic Chorale & Orchestra, Symphony Pro Musica, Brockton Symphony, the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra (with whom she is frequently a featured performer), Stow Festival Chorus & Orchestra, Heritage Chorale, Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Jubilate Chorale, Worcester Chorus, the New World Chorale, and Talents of the World, Inc. Ms. Shivick made her New York City operatic debut to critical acclaim singing title role of Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos with dell'Arte Opera Ensemble.   

As a National Winner of the renowned Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Ms. Shivick was awarded a debut performance and NPR broadcast with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra under the baton of Sir Charles MacKerras.  She also garnered second prize in both the Metropolitan Opera New England Regional National Council Auditions and the Annamaria Saritelli-DiPanni Bel Canto Vocal Scholarship Competition.  Subsequently, she has been awarded Encouragement Grants through the Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition and has furthered her vocal studies at the Aspen Music Festival as a member of the Aspen Opera Theater Center.

Ms. Shivick has also been heard in concert with Opera Providence, Cape Cod Opera, and Watershed Opera in Seattle. In recital, Ms. Shivick has been heard on Boston's WGBH, Worcester's WICN, and Cape Cod and the Island's WOMR radio broadcasts.

Jane Shivick and Olga Rogach have been performing together for over twenty years to critical acclaim, bringing audiences to their feet wherever they go. Ms. Rogach is a highly sought after pianist in the New England area and a graduate of the St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia. Ms. Shivick is a renowned concert soloist having performed numerous times with the Boston Pops Orchestra and is a National Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Both musicians bring immense energy and joy to their audiences. Hearing them perform together on stage in The Great Hall will be a special treat for all who attend this memorable concert.

A very special thank you to the event's sponsor, Worcester Arts Council.