PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

A mezzo-soprano, she sang operatically as principal performer at the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York, and the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and in Amsterdam, Boston, Philadelphia, Fort Worth and other US cities. Her roles included Carmen, Suzuki, Cenerentola, Rosina, Dorabella, Cherubino, Siebel, and Augusta in The Ballad of Baby Doe, Preziosilla in La Forza del Destino, Nicklaus in The Tales of Hoffmann, Fyodor in Boris Godonov, and others.  Miss Wall appeared under the direction of Jean Morel, Dimitri Mitropoulous, Boris Goldvosky, Paul Hindemith, Rudolf Kruger, John Giordano, and others. She has concertized in the US, Canada, Mexico and Europe.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

MM in Vocal Performance              Texas Woman's University      1969

BM in Vocal Performance               Louisiana State University      1957

PUBLICATIONS - BOOKS

Excellence in Singing. Caldwell, Robert and Joan Wall. A five volume series for vocal pedagogy, (2001)
        Volume I          Beginning the Process
        Volume II         Mastering the Fundamentals
        Volume III        Advancing the Technique
        Volume IV         Becoming an Artist
        Volume V          Managing Vocal Health

Sing!  Wall, Joan and Pamela Stout. A Text and Songs for Voice Class, (1999)

Diction for Singers. Wall, Joan and et al. A concise reference for English, Italian, Latin, French, German and Spanish pronunciation, (1990). Used as a diction text in over 100 universities.

The International Phonetic Alphabet for Singers. Wall, Joan. A manual for English and foreign language diction. (1989). Used as a diction text in over 100 universities.

Anyone Can Sing. Wall, Joan and R. Weatherspoon. A layman text for singing. Doubleday. NYC. Out of print. (1978)

Literary Note:
Joan Wall is one of the 20 prominent American vocal teachers featured in the book: A Spectrum of Voices: Prominent American Vocal Teachers Discuss the Teaching of Singing. Elizabeth Blades-Zeller. Scarecrow Press, Fall 2002. ISBN 08-10-844079.

VIDEO TAPES/DVDs

Human Voice Articulation. Minifie, Fred, Joan Wall, Robert Caldwell, and Ken Wall. A DVD about vocal articulation. Caldwell Publishing, Redmond, WA. Spring 2003

The Human Voice. Caldwell, Robert, with narration by Joan Wall. A DVD of the acoustics of the voice to accompany Volume I in the Excellence in Singing pedagogy series. Fall 2002

The Singer's Voice. Wall, Joan and Robert Caldwell. Five animated videos with computer graphics of the human singing voice. (1992-95)

        Volume I          Breath (1992)
        Volume II         Vocal Folds (1992)
                                Tape 1:  Vocal Folds
                                Tape II: Fiberoptic View of the Vocal Folds
        Volume III        Vocal Tract (1993)
        Volume IV        Resonance (1995)