Background
Purdy, Jan Rae was born on July 11, 1937 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Fred B. and Irma B. Purdy.
Purdy, Jan Rae was born on July 11, 1937 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Fred B. and Irma B. Purdy.
Bachelor in music, Madonna University, Livonia, Michigan, 1992.
Teacher voice and piano Michigan Conservatory, Detroit, Birmingham Conservatory, Plymouth Music Academy. Teacher voice Marion High School, Birmingham, Immaculata High School, Detroit, Art Center Music School, Detroit, Orchard Lake School Music, West Bloomfield, since 2007. Teacher voice and piano from home, 1988—2008.
Private practice, since 2008. Performed with Mount Clemens Symphony, Dearborn Symphony, Pontiac Symphony, Clarion Symphony Orchestra, Sarnia, Ontario, Cambodia, 2001, Michigan Opera Company, Michigan Opera Theatre Outreach Program, Detroit Lyric Opera, Dearborn Opera Group, Boris Goldovsky Opera Workshop and Performance Company, Verdi Opera Theatre, Oakway Symphony, Warren Symphony, Little Detroit Symphony.
Former member Birmingham Musicale. Member Tuesday Musicale, 2005—2008. Member of Sigma Alpha IOta.
Married Norman R. Rapp (divorced). Children: Lisa Ann Rapp, Lynda Rae Rapp.