joanne lou harland music
Formerly Joanne Heald, Joanne graduated from Trinity College of Music in 2005
with a Postgraduate Diploma in Voice, BMus (Hons) and Trinity’s Silver Medal for
Vocal achievement. Her singing and acting credits include Kenneth Branagh’s film
The Magic Flute, Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes, Larina in Eugene Onegin at
Jackson’s Lane Theatre, London, The Stepmother in Neely Bruce’s Musical Hansel
and Gretel at The Mick Jagger Centre, Woman and Nun in The Saint of Bleeker
Street at the Peacock Theatre in London and the Father in an all female cast of
Hansel and Gretel at The People’s Theatre London. She has sung the soprano solos
of many oratorios and scared works in the UK and America, including Mozart’s
Mass in C Minor, Regina Coeli and Exultate Jubilate, Faure’s Requiem, Haydn’s
Salve Regina, Nelson Mass and Handel’s Messiah. Joanne began her teaching career
at Bird College of Dance, Music and Theatre Performance, where she taught
Singing, Piano and Music Theatre within the Music Department and school
programmes. She combined this with being a Music Examiner for A Level with the
OCR exam board and conducting the Bexley Youth Choir. After 11 years at Bird
College, Joanne moved to Russell House Preparatory School in Kent where she
became the Assistant Head of Music and was involved with teaching Music and the
school’s choral endeavours including conducting a prize winning Chamber Choir.
Joanne played the piano at all school events and helped coach the singing and
dance for their Musical drama performances. She left in July 2018 to have her
3rd child. Since relocating to Derby, Joanne is Parish Organist and leads the
choir at St Stephen’s Church, teaches singing at Stagecoach and coaches Musical
Theatre Students. Joanne also teaches the LAMDA communication syllabus which
includes: Speaking Verse and Prose, Reading for Performance and Speaking in
Public. Theatre people. Joanne is a licensed chaperone. Share this:
