Anne Janelle is a classically trained Canadian musician who has focused on the

cello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

Education

Janelle earned a

Bachelor of Music A Bachelor of Music (BMus; sometimes conferred as Bachelor of Musical Arts) is an academic degree awarded by a college, university, or conservatory upon completion of a program of study in music. The degree may be awarded for performance, music ed ...

degree from the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Public university, public research university with campuses near University of British Columbia Vancouver, Vancouver and University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, in British Columbia, Canada ...

studying classical music and the cello. Janelle has also earned a master's degree in cello performance from the

University of Ottawa The University of Ottawa (), often referred to as uOttawa or U of O, is a Official bilingualism in Canada, bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on directly to the northeast of Downtown Ot ...

Performances

Janelle has performed with pop artists such as Kanye West, Bruce Cockburn, and Holly Cole. She has also flourished in contemporary music, experimenting deeply with free improvisation in both music and dance. Her cello is often heard backing up other artists, as on the William Hawkins tribute album '' Dancing Alone: Songs of William Hawkins''. Since 2006 Janelle has been collaborating and touring with James Hill. Hill and Janelle, then known as Anne Davison, collaborated on ''True Love Don't Weep''. The CD was the winner of the 2009

Canadian Folk Music Awards The Canadian Folk Music Awards are an annual music awards ceremony presenting awards in a variety of categories for achievements in both traditional and contemporary folk music, and other roots music genres, by Canadian musicians. The awards pr ...

Traditional Album of the Year. She appears with Hill in '' Mighty Uke: The Amazing Comeback of a Musical Underdog'', a 2010 documentary on the ukulele. Janelle plays a wide variety of songs, everything from folk, jazz, bluegrass and avant-garde. She pushes the boundaries of cello music by combining it with her voice and the music of James Hill.

Concerts of note

*Cairns Ukulele Festival July 3, 2010 *Concerts on Markland April 28, 2012

Personal life

James Hill and Anne Janelle conducting a workshop

Currently Janelle lives in Brookfield, Nova Scotia with her husband and touring partner James Hill. They met at the University of British Columbia and were married on September 21, 2013.Tetanish, Raissa
"Brookfield musicians bringing their sounds home"
, ''Truro Daily News'', April 24, 2013 They have one child.

Discography

Primary artist

* ''True Love Don't Weep'' (collaboration with James Hill) – Linus Entertainment – August 11, 2009 * ''Beauty Remains'' – April 21, 2012 * ''So Long at the Fair'' – Anne Janelle Records – January 20, 2014 * ''I Didn't Want to Break It'' – Anne Janelle Records – November 1, 2016

Contributing artist

* ''Dancing Alone – Songs of William Hawkins'' – True North Records – September 29, 2008 * ''Walking the Bones'' – Ian Tamblyn – 2011 * ''Skyline'' – Shawna Caspi – 2012

References

External links

Anne Jannelle website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Janelle, Anne Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian cellists University of British Columbia alumni University of Ottawa alumni Women cellists Canadian Folk Music Award winners