Jane was one of the best young cellists in the land, a girl from Lincoln High who in 1965, her junior year, won a national strings competition for high schoolers. She earned a scholarship to one of the best high schools for the arts, Interlochen, in Michigan. She majored in cello at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., one of the top music schools.
She freelanced for symphonies throughout North America and played backup on jazz trumpeter Chuck Mangione’s album “Land of Make Believe.”
She played solos before hundreds at Carnegie Hall.
She played Shostakovich’s First Symphony so well that a conductor told her it was the most beautiful music he’d ever heard from a cello.
Family members include Jane’s daughter, Megan E. Hayes in Munich, Germany; grandson, Alexander V. Adamiak in Munich, Germany; niece, Tracy Rowell in Cleveland, OH; and brother-in-law Chester Rowell in Houston, TX. She was preceded in death by her parents; grandson, Josef E. Adamiak; sister, Sally L. Rowell; and brother, Don T. Schroeder.
Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, 12/19/2024 at First-Plymouth Congregational Church, 2000 D Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Memorials may be made to First-Plymouth Congregational Church.