Hello!
Welcome to my new website for Zoe Jasko Productions.
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Here you will find details of inspiring events - concerts and performances -blending music, talks, literature and the arts, featuring my talented colleagues from the arts world as well as emerging young artists.
Please feel free to contact me for further information
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Looking forward to seeing you at my events!
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Zoe
Saturday 22nd March
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Cecile Chaminade:
A Celebration & Reflection
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St Paul's Walden Bury
7.30 pm (doors open 7.15pm)
£25
Cecile Chaminade (1857-1946) was one of the most famous pianists and composers of her day. She was the first female French composer to receive the prestigious Legion d’Honneur, her music was played at Queen Victoria’s funeral and when on when on tour in the United States she was the guest of Theodore Roosevelt at the White House. Chaminade’s beautiful compositions sit alongside the greats of her generation – Faure, Debussy, Saint Saens, yet today she is scarcely remembered.
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Through her songs and compositions for flute and piano, you will learn about Cecile Chaminade, her life and times, who and what influenced her compositions and the reasons why her work was forgotten for so long. By performing some of her most lovely work in the elegant drawing room at St Paul's Walden Bury, alongside some from her male contemporaries Faure and Saint Saens, I am sure you will reach the same conclusion we have that Chaminade is a name to remember.
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A donation from the proceeds of the concert will be given to the chosen charity of the Bowes Lyon family to support refugees in Myanmar.
Saturday 10th May
​​Concerts for Codebreakers; Bailie, Bernac and Poulenc
Afternoon
Bletchley Park
MK3 6EB
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£TBC
I am truly delighted to be partnering with Bletchley Park and Crispin Lewis to help celebrate 80 years of the end of the Second World War.
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Step back in time and enjoy an afternoon of music as performed over 80 years ago by legendary musicians Isobel Bailie, Pierre Bernac and Francis Poulenc.
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Alongside the frenetic war-time activities of the Bletchley Park Codebreakers flourished another series of activities – that of the Bletchley Park Musical Society. Whilst much of the entertainment was often produced in-house, occasionally celebrity performers of the time were also invited to lift the spirits of those working tirelessly for the war effort. On Friday 14th April 1944 the operatic soprano, Isobel Bailie performed a short programme of well-known classical songs at Bletchley, followed later that same year by the most important French baritone of the 20th Century, Pierre Bernac, accompanied by the world-famous composer Francis Poulenc.
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Join baritone Crispin Lewis, soprano Zoe Jasko and pianist Helen Shabetai as they take you on a journey into the past and recreate these two iconic concerts for codebreakers. Enjoy timeless music and discover the story of how musical royalty frequently entertained those working at the heart of Britain’s best kept wartime secret.
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The event includes refreshments of tea (or coffee) and cream scones. For those wishing to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the era, we encourage you to dress in your finest vintage attire - victory roles at the ready!
Friday 20th June
7.30pm
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St Peter's Church
Ayot St Peter
£12
An upbeat, summer time evening to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe and to help raise funds for St Peter's Ayot St Peter.
Discover the origins and work of the Women’s Voluntary Service, a fantastic organisation of which one in ten British women were members during the Second World War. Hear about how I found and used the sources for my book.
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Enjoy a performance of popular songs from the period, accompanied by pianist Chris McGuire. There will even be the chance to join in!
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Saturday 13th September
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150 Years of Song
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7.30pm
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St Peter's Church
Ayot St Peter
£16
In 2025 the iconic early arts and crafts church St Peter's at Ayot St Peter will be celebrating its 150th anniversary. I am delighted to help the community celebrate with '150 years of Song' featuring my colleagues Jessica Wiley (soprano), Robert Little (tenor) and Chris McGuire (piano).
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All the songs we have selected for the programme were highly popular in their day. Will you know all the songs from 15 decades? Come and find out and help support the on-going restoration of this beautiful church building.
October 2025
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Event Details to be announced
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St Francis Church
Welwyn Garden City
Sunday 9th November
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Noel Coward and Ivor Novello:
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Where are the Songs We Sang?
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St Paul's Walden Bury
7.30 pm (doors open 7.15pm)
£25
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Featuring
Angela Henckel (soprano)
Christopher Gould (piano)
For my November 2025 evening at St Paul's Walden Bury, I absolutely thrilled to present Angela Henckel and Christopher Gould performing Where Are The Songs We Sung - a new concert inspired by their album celebrating the timeless songs of Noël Coward and Ivor Novello. Full of wisdom and wit, these ravishing songs are as poignant and striking now as the day they were written.