SONGS FROM THE STAGE
13.06.1999

Joann’s career as a singer began when at 18 she joined E.N.S.A. entertaining the forces in hospitals and camps during the War.

Joann attended the Guildhall School of Music on a singing scholarship. Her scholarship was then extended for a further year for her to add a teacher’s qualification to her already achieved performers A.G.S.M.

In 1947 as part of the Festival of Britain, Joann won the singing competition and became the "Voice of London". She was then invited to sing for the Lord Mayor at Mansion House which led to numerous concerts, recitals and tours all over Britain. (These included working as soloist under the batons of Sir Adrian Bolt and Sir Malcolm Sergant.)

Joann’s career as a singer then expanded over many years to include opera, radio, television, musicals and voice-overs.

In 1957 with the birth of her first of three children, Joann began to concentrate more on teaching. Running her own studio in Hampstead, she eventually became one of London’s leading singing teachers consulted by professional singers, colleges, promoters and record companies alike. Confronted for many years with singers with vocal problems due to modern singing styles, Joann developed her own particular singing technique. This technique is now highly regarded within the profession.

Now in her early seventies, Joann lectures and performs internationally.

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