Janet Sit is an interdisciplinary artist, composer, researcher, and educator whose work explores how sound can deepen relationships between humans, environments, and more-than-human worlds. Working across composition, field recording, sound installation, acoustics, and audiovisual media, she brings together artistic practice, environmental sciences, and the ocean humanities to investigate listening as a way of engaging with ecological change, memory, and place. Her practice seeks to create spaces where artistic inquiry and scientific knowledge can meet, inviting audiences to reconsider how we perceive, inhabit, and care for the worlds we share.

Originally trained in both zoology and music, Janet holds a B.Sc. in Zoology and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto, an Associate Diploma (ARCT) in Piano Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music, a Master of Music from the University of Victoria, and a Ph.D. in Music from the University of California San Diego. Her interdisciplinary practice is informed by lived experiences across Hong Kong, Canada, and the United States, and by ongoing interests in ocean biodiversity, decolonial thought, migration, accessibility, and community-based artistic collaboration.

Janet's music and sound works have been presented throughout North America, Europe, and East Asia. She has been commissioned by ensembles and performers including Thin Edge New Music Collective, Caution Tape Sound Collective, Gray/Constant Duo, Parker Ramsay, and AIR Contemporary Music Collective. Her work spans concert music, sound installation, and audiovisual media, including the sound installation Letters from the Water / Cartas del Agua, selected for the Creative Research into Sound Arts Practice (CRiSAP) In the Field 2 symposium. In 2022, she premiered an orchestral prelude for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra as part of its centenary celebrations.

Her research and creative work have been supported by awards including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada's Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship–Master's, the UC San Diego Department of Music Teaching Assistant Excellence Award, and the Carolyn Applebaum Endowment Prize.

Alongside her artistic practice, Janet is committed to education and public engagement. She teaches piano and violin at Paper Moon Music Studio in San Diego, where she works with students of diverse ages and musical backgrounds while fostering curiosity, creativity, and confidence through music. She has also taught through a collaboration between UC San Diego and the International Rescue Committee's Women's Resilience Center in El Cajon, California, and continues to build bridges between artistic practice, research, and community through teaching, interdisciplinary collaboration, and public-facing projects.