Joanna Lee is a freelance composer and arranger. Performances of her works include the Orchestra of the Swan, Psappha, Jane Manning, Sarah Leonard, Elysian Quartet, Joby Burgess, Jane's Minstrels, Darragh Morgan and CoMA, with workshop performances by BCMG, De Ereprijs and the Fidelio Trio. Her work has been performed as part of the BMIC Cutting Edge Series and Spitalfields Festival, and includes performances at the Purcell Room, The Warehouse and The Spitz, with workshop performances at the Royal Opera House and CBSO Centre. [Please see Performances page for further details]

Joanna's whippoorwill for voices was shortlisted for a British Composer Award in 2007. Her work has been shortlisted by the SPNM, received recommendations in The Singer and Singing - The Association of Teachers of Singing magazines, and featured in a Pierrot Lunaire symposium led by Jane Manning and Mary King at the Southbank Centre. Joanna's vocal work is to be included in Jane Manning's forthcoming publication Pierrot Lunaire and its Legacy, Part Two.

Joanna's musical interests began with piano lessons at the age of five. By the time she was eighteen, Joanna had achieved a Performance Diploma and Advanced Certificate on the piano, Grade 8 Distinction in singing, and Grade 7 Distinction on the violin.
She subsequently went on to study for a BMus(Hons) degree in composition under the tuition of Joe Cutler at Birmingham Conservatoire and the Norwegian State Academy of Music in Oslo, when upon graduation she received the Composition Prize. Joanna has participated in extended professional development schemes cordinated by spnm, including Writing for Theatre with Psappha, and Pierrot Lunaire with Jane Manning and Jane's Minstrels. Joanna is currently studying for a PhD specialising in vocal composition under the tuition of Edwin Roxburgh, Sarah Leonard and Richard Causton, with additional tutorage from Judith Weir and Howard Skempton.