Jannina Norpoth
Jannina Norpoth debuted as a soloist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at age 14. Since then, she has built a career as an innovative, collaborative artist, performer, arranger, and educator. She has performed internationally, including appearances on the Lincoln Center “Great Performers” Series, Mostly Mozart Festival, Women of the World Festival at The Apollo Theater, The Ecstatic Music Festival, VH1’s Save the Music, and SNL. She has been featured alongside acclaimed musicians James Carter, Nadia Sirota, Regina Carter, Marcus Belgrave, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Pharell, Stevie Wonder, Anita Baker, My Brightest Diamond, and many others.
Ms. Norpoth is a sought-after arranger in the classical and non-classical worlds. Praised by Strad Magazine for her ability to write a transcription “so natural sounding that it could have been the composer’s original version,” recent commissions include an adaptation of Scott Joplin’s “Treemonisha” from the Volcano Theatre Company in Toronto and Dvorak’s “American Suite” for Trinity Wall Street’s “12th Night Festival”. Ms. Norpoth has arranged/recorded strings for Grammy-winning producers Jerry “Wonda” Duplessis and Bryce Goggin and artists Keyshia Cole, Keri Hilson, Black Dahlia Murder, Akron Family, John Legend, and her own ensembles PUBLIQuartet and HOLLANDS.
Ms. Norpoth performs and writes in the folk/rock duo HOLLANDS. Praised for their multi-faceted sound, The BBC profiled HOLLANDS as “pulsing indie pop that really puts a spring in your step ... mixing fun, folk, rock, and elements of classical.” In 2016, HOLLANDS, PUBLIQuartet, and artist Amy Khoshbin created The Scheherazade Project (TSP), a multimedia song cycle inspired by the stories of One Thousand and One Nights. TSP was awarded a Sphinx MPower grant for its creation and premiered as part of the NYC Electro-Acoustic Music Festival and The New York Philharmonic’s Biennial Celebration, with support from MAC Cosmetics and DPA Microphones.
