About Jane

Jane Singhal holds a B.A. in music from Yale and an M.A. in Russian Studies from Princeton. A violin student of Kikuei Ikeda of the Tokyo String Quartet and Oistrakh pupils, Dana and Yuri Mazurkevich, Jane was concertmistress of the Midwest Chamber Orchestra and violinist and director for Interlude, a New Jersey-based chamber ensemble.

A vocalist and music instructor, as well, Jane began her teaching career at Ecole Alexandra in Canada and at The Vail-Deane School in Mountainside, New Jersey. Since moving to California, Jane devotes her time to offering early childhood and elementary instruction and impressing upon parents the need for engaging music materials at home and in the schools. Jane lives in Belmont, California with her husband and two daughters in what one of her youngest students has dubbed "The Singing House."

Publications:

"Tuning in to the Musical Brain," published in Bay Area Parent Magazine and The California Music Teacher (1999). Discusses the value of skills-based music instruction and what to expect from childhood music instruction at the various age levels.

Creature Feature: A Musical Menagerie. Book/CD set teaches children about expressive elements such as tempo and dynamics and familiarizes them with standard musical notation and symbol. Teacher's Guide applies the concepts to a classical repertoire.

What's in a Name, Forward March, Theme and Variation, Creature Feature Elementary music curriculum that teaches music skills through composition.

Applause Violin method and repertoire series.

Recordings:

Miss Jane's Children: CD and parent's booklet. A collection of original songs and traditional children's favorites with a twist. Arranged for voice, violin, and piano.

Classical Stories: A unique retelling of "Cinderella," "Sleeping Beauty," and "Sinbad the Sailor" using the enchanting orchestral music of Prokofief, Ravel, and Rimsky-Korsakov.