JOAN WALL
Professor, Voice Coordinator

TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
B.A. in Vocal Performance, Louisiana State University, 1957
M.A. in Vocal Performance, Texas Woman's University, 1969

1959-1961 Metropolitan Opera Company, New York City, principal singer
1961-1963 Deutsche Oper Berlin, Germany, principal singer
1959-1964 Recitalist and orchestral soloist in 14 states of U.S., Germany, France, Netherlands, Mexico and Canada
1964-present Professor, Texas Woman's University
 

ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES
Applied Voice
Foreign Language Diction
Undergraduate Vocal Pedagogy
Graduate Vocal Pedagogy
Vocal Pedagogy Practicum
Studio Class in Performance

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Regal Opera Company, Tarrant County, Chair of the Board
Sigma Alpha Iota
National Association of Teachers of Singing
Texas Music Educators Association

OPERA PRODUCTIONS
1964-1996 Musical and stage director for two yearly opera productions.

PUBLICATIONS

Books -

Caldwell , Robert and Joan Wall. Excellence in Singing. Multi level teaching and multi level learning. Five volumes, Caldwell Publishing Company. 2001. Box set ISBN 1-877761-15-X 1-800-284-7043

• Volume I Beginning the process ISBN 1-877761-16-8
• Volume II Mastering the fundamentals ISBN 1-877761-17-6
• Volume III Advancing the technique ISBN 1-877761-18-4
• Volume IV Becoming an artist ISBN 1-877761-19-2
• Volume V Managing vocal health (Christine Sapienza, et al) ISBN 1-8777761-20-6

Wall, Joan and Pamela Stout. Sing! A text and songs for voice class. Caldwell Publishing, 1999.

Wall, Joan and et al. Diction for Singers -- A concise reference for English, Italian, Latin, French, German and Spanish pronunciation, 1990. Caldwell Publishing, ISBN 1-877761-51-6.

Wall, Joan. The International Phonetic Alphabet for Singers, a manual for English and foreign language diction. 1989. Caldwell Publishing, ISBN 1-877761-50-8.

Wall, Joan and Rachel Weatherspoon: Anyone Can Sing, a layman's book about singing. Doubleday Publishers, 1978.

Videotapes -

Wall, Joan and Robert Caldwell. The Singer's Voice ( A set of four videos.) Animated views of the singing mechanism. Caldwell Publishing. 1992-1995

• Volume I Breath 1992. ISBN 1-877761-54-0.
• Volume II Vocal Folds (set of two).

  Tape. I: Animated Vocal Folds;

  Tape II: Fiberoptic View of the Vocal Folds. 1992. ISBN 1-877761-56-7.

• Volume III Vocal Tract . Animated views of vocal tract through Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 1993. ISBN 1-877761-56-7.
• Volume IV Resonance . Animated views of acoustical phenomenon in singing. 1995.

Human Speech Articulation. Fred Minifie, Joan Wall, Robert Caldwell, and Ken Wall. Animated and filmed views of the human voice. Caldwell Publishing, Redmond, WA. 2002.

Articles -

Wall, Joan. Dramatic Perspectives in The Singer's Edition, Operatic Arias Soubrette Soprano, Volume II, by Boldrey, Richard and et al. Caldwell Publishing ISBN 10877761-03-6. 1993.

Wall, Joan. IPA, a Kind of Code , The Music Teacher's Journal of TMEA. 1990

Wall, Joan, IPA, a Kind of Code , The NFIMA Journal, a publication of the National Federation Interscholastic Music Association. 1990.

Consulting Editor -  

Consulting Editor for Singer's Edition--Operatic Arias, Lyric Soprano Volume. I, Caldwell Publishing, 1992.