Jane Ross Fallon

Jane Fallon holds degrees in English Literature and Comp-position, and Music Theory and Performance from Eastern Or-egon University and a Master’s in English Composition and Lit-erature from Arizona State University. She has taught English Composition, Business Writing, and Public Speaking at several New England Colleges and Universities for 25 years. In addi-tion, she is an award winning songwriter with 5 studio albums, two live CD’s and two books to her credit. She has won the fol-lowing awards for her songwriting and performance:

Grand Prize Winner, CT Songwriter’s Environmental

Songwriting Competition

First Place Woody Guthrie Songwriting Competition

First Place, Will McLean Festival Songwriting Competition

2nd Place Great River Folk Festival Performing Songwriter Competition

2nd Place, Ozarks Folk Festival Songwriting Competition

2nd place, Pennsylvania Heritage Songwriting Competition

2nd place, Family Folk Chorale Songwriting Competition

2nd place, Neuse River Music Fest Songwriting Competition

New Jersey Folk Festival Songwriting Competition Winner

3rd Place, Our Santa Fe River Songwriting Competition

Finalist, Southern Florida Singer/Songwriter Competition

Finalist, Tangled In a Tree, for Limelight Magazine's Album of

the year

Finalist, Rhode Island Songwriters Assn. Competition

Finalist, Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Competition

Finalist, Susanne Millsaps Performing Songwriter Competition

Finalist, Rose Garden Performing Songwriter Competition

Finalist, Solar Fest Performing Songwriter Competition

2011, 2012, 2014

Finalist, Music2Life Songwriting Competition

Honorable Mention: New England Songwriter Competition,

Ossipee Valley Music Festival

Honorable Mention: West Coast Songwriter Competition

Jane has performed at venues throughout the country and been selected to perform at The San Francisco Folk Festival, New England Regional Folk Association, Boston Area Coffee-house Association, The Boston Folk Festival, The Tumbleweed Folk Festival, and the Smoky Mountain Songwriters Festival.

For more information go to: http://www.janefallon.com

More information about this project

A companion CD of the music included in Beyond Reason: Songwriting On Purpose is available .

The CD includes all of Jane Fallon’s original songs that were discussed as examples except for “The Boy He Used To Be”, which is on her “Gemini Rising In a Patchwork Sky” album.

Jane Fallon: Vocals

Paul Beck: Guitar, Bass

Jackie Damsky: Violin

All songs written by Jane Fallon

Produced, Recorded, Engineered, and Mastered

by Paul Beck of Lady of Carlisle Recordings

For ordering information go to www.janefallon.com