Jane Siberry (/ˈsɪbəri/ SIB-ər-ee; née Stewart;[1] born October 12, 1955)[2] is a Canadian singer-songwriter, known for such hits as “Mimi on the Beach”, “I Muse Aloud”, “One More Colour” and “Calling All Angels”. She performed the theme song to the television series Maniac Mansion. She has released material under the name Issa (/ˈiːsə/ EE-sə) – an identity (as opposed to a simple stagename) which she used formally between 2006 and 2009.[3]
On August 30, 2005, Siberry was awarded the 2005 Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award in music by the Canada Council for the Arts.[4]
Jane Stewart was born in Toronto in 1955 and was raised in the suburb of Etobicoke.[5] She would take her subsequent surname, “Siberry”, from the family name of her maternal aunt and uncle. Many years later, she would explain this choice by stating “this woman and her husband were the first couple I met where I could feel the love between them and I held that in front of me as a reference point.”[1]
Siberry learned piano from the age of four, predominantly teaching herself[6] and developing her own concepts of notation and structure. At school she learned conventional music theory (as well as French horn) and taught herself to play guitar by working through Leonard Cohen songs. Her first song was completed at the age of seventeen, although she had been developing song ideas since much earlier.[citation needed]
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