Jane Fingler

soprano

Jane Fingler is a Toronto-based soprano from Winnipeg who keeps very busy performing as an ensemble singer and soloist, regularly performing with groups such as Tafelmusik Baroque Choir, The Toronto Consort, The Trinity Bach Project, The Theatre of Early Music, Choir 21, and is a founding member of Diapente Renaissance Vocal Quintet. Recent solo highlights include Handel’s Dixit Dominus with Tafelmusik and The Theatre of Early Music, Messiah at St. James Cathedral (Toronto), and Bach Canatas 147, 72 and Handel’s Gloria with The Trinity Bach Project. Other past solo highlights include Messiah with The Winnipeg and Regina Symphony Orchestras, Note Bene Singers and Players and The Okanogan Festival Choir and Orchestra, Handel’s Dixit Dominus with the Toronto Mendelssohn Singers and Ottawa Bach Choir, Bach’s St. John Passion and Monteverdi’s Vespers at the Winnipeg Baroque Festival, Handel’s Israel in Egypt with Canzona and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Handel’s Brockes Passion and Bach’s Markus Passion with the Metropolitan Festival Choir and Baroque Orchestra (Toronto), and the premiere of Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson’s Seven Friends for soprano and orchestra with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra at the Winnipeg New Music Festival. Jane has participated in masterclasses with sopranos Emma Kirkby, Nancy Argenta and Lynne Dawson, and was recently invited to participate in a week of masterclasses with Paul Agnew of Les Arts Florissants in Thiré, France. Jane is also currently working on finishing her DMA in Historical Performance at the University of Toronto. She is thrilled to be joining the Toronto Bach Festival this year!