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The American mezzo-soprano, Joanna Fleming, participated in the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) program for ten years. She attended RSCM summer courses in Charlotte, North Carolina and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She has attended master-classes with David Briggs, William Towers, Philip Scriven, Jack Burnam, John Schwandt, Mark Moliterno, and Richard Tanner. She studied Vocal performance at the University of Denver (September 2014-May 2018); and at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (since August 2020), where she is also Choral Scholar at Trinity Episcopal Church Bloomington. She has received the Voice for Life Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards, the highest achievements in the Voice for Life program. She received gold medals at the Indiana State School Musician Association (ISSMA) Competition for both solo and ensemble performances in 2012, 2013, and 2014.
Joanna Fleming has sung with the First Presbyterian Church choir in Evansville Indiana, Evansville Chamber Singers, Signature High School Singers, Sig Quartet, and Temple Adath B'nai Israel in Evansville, Indiana (December 2018-July 2020). During her time with the First Presbyterian Church choir, she was a featured soloist and performed George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, John Rutter’s Requiem, and works from J.S. Bach’s St. John’s Passion (BWV 245). She has performed multiple solo works, including works by W.A. Mozart, G.F. Handel, Haydn, J.S. Bach (including with Bloomington Bach Cantata Project), L.v. Beethoven, Benjamin Britten, Gabriel Fauré, and Gilbert & Sullivan. She worked for a number of years with organist and director Robert Nicholls.
Joanna Fleming's family is one of the most important things to her. Her parents provided her many musical opportunities when she was young, and her triplet sisters are very close to her. |
