About Jane

Jane Lowey is a peacemaker and adventurer of both the inner and  outer worlds.    Music is the medium on these journeys, and voice is the instrument. She is passionate about building communities of people through singing and joy-making and has been directing the "Common Voices Women's Chorus" on Cape Cod since 1999.   

Jane's passion for community music making, women and voice, came unexpectedly after spending a week singing with Ysaye M. Barnwell .   She is a member of the a cappella quintet "Sweet Honey in the Rock".   This gifted woman brought the treasures of the African American tradition to life, with the living knowledge that EVERYONE can SING.   Within the year, Jane began the women's chorus, and began studying music formally herself.

As director of the "Common Voices" women's chorus, Jane often arranges her own music.   The songs she draws upon are as diverse as her life experience. She has attended home births, worked in the corporate world of telecommunications, worked with the dying, and performed weddings, funerals and other life rituals in her capacity as chaplain in her community.

Jane is currently teaching weekend "SingShops" throughout the U.S., so that more women can experience opening their voices, and finding joy in community.

Jane also organizes and leads groups of women in travel to diverse cultures and continents.   She has taken groups to Morocco and South Africa, and is currently preparing for a trip to Ghana.  These trips invite the travelers into an experience of music, culture, and relationship, which ultimately reveal to all involved, our common humanity.

What connects all Jane's work is the ability to move easily into many worlds, and in so doing she creates joyous circles of song, multi-cultural bridges, and confident voices.

Links to the many worlds of Jane Lowey:

Story Corps
Unity Church of Light