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Voice and piano lessons!
Joanna has reasonable rates and has been established as a
piano and voice teacher since 1993. In piano she teaches
sight-reading, chords, theory, techniques, transposing,
composition and . She has been in several competitions in in
the 1970's and went on to higher region competitions. She
has been arranging music since 1973 and and has worked with
churches on arrangements for choir and chorals. She teaches
all children, teens and adults and specializes in young
children. Some of her student's have gone to elite bands. In
the 1990's she taught in pre-schools the fundamental music
class with classical, instrumental, listen and play. She
writes children's musicals and has been in involved being a
children's musical director. She composes music and performs
throughout Riverside and and San Diego county.
In voice she has a music education in kodaly and solfege.
This education is also used for instrumental value, but
used mainly for voice to learn the value of developing the
voice as a instrument without using a instrument for
pitch. She specializes in musicals and theatre, but also
teaches pop, gospel and a variety of music. She teaches
projection for theatre arts with vocal lessons. She
specializes in theatre musicals and breathing techniques.
Some of these techniques can help for Parkinson's disease
and for people who have breathing difficulties. She
studied Alexander technique which is uses for performance,
projection, musicians, athletes, and pain management. She
is a vocal coach for some student's who compete in San
Diego, Southern California and Western Region. She
competed in the 1970's with voice and went on to higher
regions in competitions.. She has been a part of musical
and elite choirs through high school and college. She
studied with professor Gruithuis, Anne Taylor opera and
Jean Renslow classical. She studied Brett Manning's
technique who is a teacher in Nashville.
One of his student's was Keith Urban. This technique teaches
higher tones without damaging vocal chords. She studied
performance techniques on stage. She uses all these
techniques to pass on to her students. She teaches at the
student's pace and to develop their confidence. Her main
focus is to encourage them, to enjoy music and to use these
tools for life. Her hope is that someday they will use their
gifts to bring God honor and glory.
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