Janelle Lucyk

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​"Such an angelic voice. Her expressiveness is beyond words. It's as though she's channeling God." - (YouTube)

 

Janelle Lucyk is a leader among an emerging generation of Canadian artists specializing in old music and historically informed performance, taking ideas from conception to the stage.

 

Janelle is the artistic director of Ménestrel, her ensemble with Kerry Bursey which produces alternative early music mixing ancient repertoire with oral folk traditions.  Since 2022, Ménestrel has been producing a "Messiah-on-the-go!" congregating twenty emerging performers from across Canada to perform Handel's masterpiece in historic Nova Scotian venues. Janelle is director of the new series ArtChoral at La Grande Salle du 9e, the recently reopened historic Art Deco venue in Montreal.  Following mentor and arts champion Barbara Butler, Janelle is Artistic and Administrative Director of Musique Royale (est. 1985), a music presenter based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia which enriches historic spaces through the sharing of world class early music, and much more.  Programming includes over seventy concerts throughout the year in venues across the spectacular maritime province.

 

Performing well over a hundred concerts last year, she gave concerts in all of Canada's thirteen provinces and territories, and was in residency in Europe through the summer. Janelle is Mécénat Musica's 2025 Vocal Discovery of the Year.

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In fall 2022, Janelle was invited by legendary organist Xaver Varnus to perform at his two sold out performances in Hungary, including at the spectacular Bartók National Concert Hall in Budapest. She has had the good fortune of working as a soloist with the Kings College Chapel Choir under five-time Grammy winner Paul Halley on many unforgettable concerts including Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 and Selva Morale e Spirituale and multiple Bach Passions.  Janelle graduated in 2014 with distinction from the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles in Belgium and completed her Masters in Management at Durham University in the UK where she was awarded the Best Soloist by Music Durham, and Best Female Soloist by her peers. While in Europe, she formed Voces Desuper, an ensemble performing regularly in the magnificent Cathédrale de Saints-Michel-et-Gudule, and especially at the Te Deum ceremony for the King and Queen of Belgium.

 

Janelle is ever grateful to the Canada Council of the Arts, the Federal Department of Canadian Heritage, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Mécénat Musica, Arts Nova Scotia and Brent Rinaldi for their support.   

 

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Janelle Lucyk

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« Une voix si angélique. Son expressivité est au-delà des mots. On dirait qu'elle canalise Dieu. »   (YouTube)

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Janelle Lucyk est l'un des chefs de file d'une nouvelle génération d'artistes canadiens qui se spécialisent dans la musique ancienne et leur interprétation historiquement informée, en faisant passer les idées de la conception à la scène.

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Janelle est la directrice artistique de Ménestrel qui produit de la musique ancienne alternative mêlant répertoire ancien et traditions folkloriques orales. Elle est directrice artistique de Musique Royale (est. 1985), qui présente des spectacles dans des espaces historiques à travers la Nouvelle-Écosse. Janelle est aussi directrice de la nouvelle série ArtChoral à Le 9e Grande Salle, la salle historique art déco récemment rouverte à Montréal. Donnant plus d'une centaine de concerts l'année dernière, elle s'est produite dans les treize provinces et territoires du Canada et a été en résidence en Europe pendant l'été.  Elle est Découverte vocale de l'année 2025 de Mécénat Musica.

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 Janelle est diplômée avec distinction du Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles (BE) et a complété son Master en Management à l'Université de Durham (UK). Son ensemble Voces Desuper se produisait régulièrement dans la Cathédrale de Bruxelles, notamment lors de la cérémonie du Te Deum pour le Roi et la Reine de Belgique.