Janice Isabel Jackson has sung over 240 world premieres and performed with contemporary music ensembles and in concert halls around the world – Beijing, Paris, Vienna, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Torino, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, New York, Berlin, Johannesburg, Cape Town and more. She has appeared in countless contemporary music festivals including the November Festival (Ghent), Wien Modern (Vienna), Ludwigs Lust (Hamburg), The Proms (Amsterdam), IRCAM (Paris), Big Torino 2000 (Turin), and the Diem Festival of Electro-acoustic music (Denmark). She is the Artistic Director of the Halifax based contemporary vocal music society Vocalypse Productions, through which she has produced and performed in many new works. Her awards include an Established Artist Award from The Creative Nova Scotia Leadership Council and the Friend of Canadian Music Award from the Canadian League of Composers and the Canadian Music Centre. She has been composing for solo voice for the past 6 years.