Biography

 

Described as “an impressive young talent” by Opera Journal, and praised for having “both vocal beauty and bite” by the Observer, Joanna’s performing career has encompassed opera, oratorio, theatre and recital. Recent highlights include performing as a soloist with the Dunedin Consort and The English Concert at venues including the Wigmore Hall, King’s Place, St Martin-in-the-Fields and the Usher Hall. She performed in Shakespeare’s Henry V at the Donmar Warehouse (2022) broadcast on NT Live. 

She was awarded first place in the Dean & Chadlington Singing Competition (2019) and the Brooks-Van der Pump English Song Competition (2013). She has performed with companies including the Glyndebourne, Garsington, West Green, Opera de Tenerife and the OAE.

Joanna studied Music at Cambridge University, and completed a post-graduate course at the Royal College of Music. She was a Britten-Pears Young Artist, a Making Music Philip & Dorothy Green Young Concert Artist, and an Opera Prelude Young Artist. Her recording with Matthew Fletcher “The Garland: Art Song by Elizabeth Maconchy” will be released in September 2025 with CRD Records. 

Listen to tracks from Imo: Art Song by Imogen Holst here;

https://integral.lnk.to/imogenholstcrd

Listen to tracks from The Garland: Art Song by Elizabeth Maconchy here:

https://bit.ly/TheGarland