Name: Joanna Taber
Voice type: Soprano
SFS Chorus member since: 2011
Hometown: San Francisco
Music schools I attended: Music Academy of the West; Canadian Vocal Arts Institute, Montreal; University of Oklahoma (MM, Vocal Performance), American Institute of Musical Studies, Graz, Austria, UC Santa Barbara (BM, Vocal Performance)
Began singing: At age 15
Musical inspirations: My family and attending my first opera at age 13
If I were not a professional singer, I might be an: Arts administrator
Favorite composers: Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Beethoven, Wolf, Milhaud, and Barber
Favorite vocal works: Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro; Verdi, Requiem; Orff, Carmina burana; Handel, Rodelinda
When I’m not working, I enjoy: Traveling; spending time with my family
Recent reading: Rules of Civility, by Amor Towles; The Paris Wife, by Paula McLain
On my CD player/iPod: Adele, Arcade Fire, Britney Spears
Favorite things to do in the Bay Area: Spending a day in the Civic Center/Hayes Valley area and then seeing a show (either at the Opera, Symphony, Ballet…you name it!); driving over the Golden Gate and exploring Sausalito and Mill Valley; shopping around Union Square; seeing a comedy show in North Beach; going to the De Young Museum and walking around Golden Gate Park.