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Jacqui Rutten was born in Melbourne in 1964. She comes from a musical family and throughout her school years pursued her interest in singing and composing, also playing the piano, violin, and guitar.

Jacqui Rutten gained Associate and Post-Graduate Diplomas in Opera and Music Theatre from the Victorian College of the Arts, also completing a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne. She received a BP Award for her postgraduate studies. She also studied music for one year at Sekolah Tinggi Seni Indonesia (1991-1992) assisted by the Australian and Indonesian governments. She has recent social work training and gained a small business certificate in 2007.

Jacqui Rutten's compositional work has always been inextricably linked to her singing. As a composing singer and improviser, she has sung extensively, including work for the Asia-Pacific Festival and ABC Radio. She has also worked with other contemporary Australian and Javanese artists, as a singer and composer.

In 1994 Jacqui Rutten was commissioned by Chamber Made Opera to compose a dance-opera Tresno (Love) for the Sydney Festival, remounted for The Greenmill Dance Festival and broadcast on ABC Radio. She also sang as a regular cantor at St. Patrick's Cathedral from 1999 to 2005. She has produced independent CDs of sacred vocal music and has been commissioned by ABC Radio to create radiophonic works, including Shelter (2003) and Lyrebird Themes (2005). In 2002, she began Improvisations as Nature an annual event which involves performing artists from various improvising disciplines.

This work has culminated in Sacred Stage - vocal-based performance. As Director of Sacred Stage, Jacqui Rutten curates, composes, and performs. The work has included performances for the Australian Catholic University, The Melbourne Composers' League, outdoors, and at her little house venue Sacred Stage.

Visit sacredstage.com.au.

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Jacqui Rutten — current to March 2010