Janice Harsanyi

singer and college professor.

Janice was the daughter of a Presbyterian minister and lived in Hamilton Square, New Jersey at an early age. Harsanyi married Nicholas Harsanyi, a violist who went to school with Bela Bartok in Hungary. Nikki founded the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra in 1979, his wife, Janice, was known as "first lady" of the TSO. Nicholas Harsanyi died in 1987. [ [http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/print/6233.html Playbill Arts article March 28, 2007] ]

In 1958, Harsanyi sang as soloist during the opening ceremonies for the United Nations. In 1959 she made her Carnegie Hall debut singing Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust with the Philadelphia Orchestra. [ [http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/print/6233.html Playbill Arts article March 28, 2007] ]

In 1960, Harsanyi sang on Eugene Ormandy and Philadelphia Orchestra's recording of Carl Orff's majestic Carmina Burana with singer/actor Harve Presnell. This was released by Columbia/Sony on LP and CD.

In 1964, Harsanyi sang Beethoven at a peace rally in Philadelphia featuring Martin Luther King, Jr. Harsanyi also sang for Albert Einstein during a dinner party in Princeton, NJ and husband Nikki played chamber music with Einstein. While at Princeton she became the head of the voice department at Westminster Choir School in the early 1950s. [ [http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/print/6233.html Playbill Arts article March 28, 2007] ]

On February 17, 1969, Janice Harsanyi along with Helen Boatwright, Jenneke Barton and John Ferrante performed the opera Handel's Amadigi with the Princeton Chamber Orchestra under the direction of J. Merrill Knapp. [ [http://www.cpanda.org/pdfs/csob/1103.pdf Cpanda.org] ]

She has performed the works of notable composers such as Roger Sessions, Harold Schiffman, and John Harbison. She recorded one solo recital LP disc (released circa 1960 on the small Period Records label, SPL 581) titled "Great New Voices of Today, Vol. 1" consisting of French and German songs, with Otto Herz at the piano.

Harsanyi joined the voice faculty of Florida State University's College of Music in 1978. While there, Harsanyi became involved with the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra and was a voice coach with the Capitol City Opera Company [ [http://www.ccityopera.com/index_files/capitolcityoperafounder.htm Capitol City Opera] ]

Music on CD

*Orff: Carmina Burana. Carl Orff (1895 - 1982) Performers: Janice Harsanyi (Soprano), Rudolf Petrak (Tenor), Harve Presnell (Baritone). Rutgers University Chorus.
*Orff: Carmina Burina. Carl Orff. Performers: Janice Harsanyi (Soprano), Rudolf Petrak (Tenor), Harve Presnell (Baritone). Rutgers University Chorus.

References

External links

* [http://www.haroldschiffman-composer.com/harold_schiffman_music.htm Harold Schiffman list]
* [http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04082005-214447/unrestricted/Title_pages.pdf Florida State University library]
* [http://tallahasseesymphony.org/ Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra]