Jenne Lennon is a

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singer. In 2012, she received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the

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. Jenne has performed all over the United States and Europe headlining events such as the

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in France, the Bergen Music Festival in Norway, and the

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in the United States. She has worked and recorded with the likes of

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nominated composer

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, the Elgin Children's Chorus, Global Voices, the Academy of Irish Music and Baal Tinne. Jenne is also a skilled Native American flute player and appeared in an episode of

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' s Stand in performing with

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. She has contributed the original scores to adapted plays for Yeat's on Baile's Strand in 2010, Anhouill's Antigone and

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's Picasso at the Lapine Agile in 2011. Jenne teamed up with producer Roland Labana for The Hyde Park Players' An Evening of Horror and Suspense and Eugène Ionesco's

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in 2012. Her original score was featured in the Hyde Park Community Players and the

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's Classics Department's modern re-telling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Her most recent work as an arranger, composer, and conductor was featured in the award-winning, critically acclaimed film A Million Miles Away, directed by Jennifer Reeder, and was featured at the

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in 2014. The film's pivotal scene featuring the choral arrangement of a metal ballad was voted the "Top Music Moment in Film 2014" by Film Misery. Jenne teamed up again with Jennifer Reeder 's latest film, Blood Below The Skin, contributing the score and serving as Music Director, which has been nominated for the Teddy Award at the

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. Jenne received a Bachelor of Arts degree in music performance from the

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(UIC) in May 2006, where she was also awarded the Student Service Award for her outstanding service to the University and International Choral Music. During her career at UIC, she worked with top names in international music, including Dr. Mary Goetze of the International Vocal Ensemble (

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) and creator of Global Voices; Dr. Michael J. Anderson of the International Federation for Choral Music; and African composer Sheesby Matiure. Jenne is currently pursuing her

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in Vocal Pedagogy at

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. She is also a part of the international group Shishonnah with Liz Madden and Roland Labana.

Filmography

Music department

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lennon, Jenne Living people University of Illinois Chicago alumni Northeastern Illinois University alumni 21st-century American singers Singers from Chicago Year of birth missing (living people)