Meet the Professor

Jane Blomquist

Mrs. Jane Blomquist has been at Los Angeles City College since 1980. While at LACC, she has directed Chamber Chorale, Concert Choir, and College Choir and has taught voice, piano, musicianship, and keyboard harmony classes. Mrs. Blomquist is originally from Minnesota and grew up playing piano, trumpet, and singing. She graduated from Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota) with a double major-Music Education and Elementary Education. After teaching Junior and Senior High School three years in Minnesota, she moved to New York City and sang and toured two years with the Norman Luboff Choir.

Mrs. Blomquist has a Masters of Music and has completed coursework for the doctorate in Choral Music from USC. Before coming to LACC, she taught three years at USC as a teaching assistant in the Choral Music and Music Education Departments; and taught class piano at Compton College and voice and choir at West Los Angeles College.

Mrs. Blomquist has directed church choirs for over 25 years and has had a private voice and piano studio. She and her husband have been happily married for 27 years. She has two step-daughters and four grandchildren. Besides family and music, she enjoys traveling, gardening, reading, and animals (especially cats!).