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Making A Comeback
Overcoming stage fight and depression, Jane Olivor
takes another step in her return to a musical career.
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SUZANNE CHESSLER
Special to the Jewish News
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young Olivor organized a fOlk group.
As rime passed and members of the
folk ensemble went their separate
ways, Olivor moved on to independ-
ent work. Singing in singles bars pre-
ceded cabaret appearances and later
concert hall performances.
one Olivor sings Christmas and
Chanukah greetings on her lat-
est recording, while celebrating
the rebirth of her career.
Encouraged by friends to put
together her latest CD, Songs of the
Season, Olivor made her selections
based on sentiment and not religious
belief. They include "Angels We
Have Heard on High," "Little
Drummer Boy," "Winter
Wonderland" and "The Chanukah
Song" ("We Are Lights"). It was
recorded on the Varese Sarabande
label.
Olivor, an alto, had stopped
singing professionally more than 10
years ago. She sidelined her career
after its pace had become too fast
and the death of her husband too
difficult. During - her hiatus, time
with friends and therapy for her
depression readied her for another
go-round.
"I'm a different person today than
when I launched my career the first
time," says Olivor, a former New
Yorker who moved first to Florida
and then to Maryland. "I learned a
lot and have far more compassion for
people. I love my friends and under-
stand the invisible problems that peo-
ple have. I've become more focused.
"I'm Jewish, but I've loved the
season of Christmas all my life. The
unique beauty and spirit of this
time of year is wonderfully
expressed in its music, and I've
Jane Olivor's first CD of the
wanted to record an album that
second stage of her musical life was
allows me to share its wonder.
"I believe in the force beyond reli- 2000s "Love Decides."
"I decided I would rather keep my
gion — more of a spirit — and I'm
sanity than my career, but in leaving
caught up in that. I think that
my career for a time, I think I kept
Judaism is the most life-giving reli-
both," she says.
gion, but I don't follow the dogma
b
.
I follow my spirituality."
Olivor latest release,
Olivor recalls a difficult time
"Sounds of the Season," includes
growing up. Her parents were .
"The Chanukah. Song " ("We Are
divorced, and she lived with her
Lights"), written by composer
mother and stepfather, with whom
Stephen Schwartz and lyricist Steve
she did not get along.
Young. "IM Jewish, but I've loved
The entertainer discovered her
the season of Christmas all my life.
singing abilities in high school after
The unique beauty and spirit of this
joining the freshman chorus. She
time
of year is wonderfully expressed
loved harmony so didn't envision
its
music," says the vocalist.
in
herself as a soloist. Instead, the
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