Joanna is 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.
"
. . . the imaginative and rigorous writing of Joanna Lee, whose 'Chansons
Innocentes', assured and confident in the composition, would have flattered
any composer, let alone a 26-year-old student . . . Lee showed herself
gifted . . . one of the most successful [commissions] I have ever heard
in 40 years of reviewing . . . "
Christopher
Morley, Birmingham Post, 21/2/2008
"I
was so impressed with this inventive little piece"
Sarah Leonard speaking about 'your little voice', The Singer, Oct/Nov
2004
"Evanescent,
well-imagined Pierrot!"
Christopher
Morley, Birmingham Post, 3/4/2006