Biography

Soprano Joanna Taber has been a professional member of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus since the 2011-12 season. She made her San Francisco Symphony solo debut in 2012 in Debussy’s Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien, under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas and also appeared as soloist with the SFS in Orff’s Carmina burana in May 2015. Other solo appearances include the title role of Dvořák’s Rusalka, Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte, the Wife in Milhaud's Le Pauvre matelot, and Mozart’s Requiem and Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass. Ms. Taber is an alumna of the Music Academy of the West, where she studied with Marilyn Horne. She holds degrees from the University of Oklahoma and UC Santa Barbara.

(May 2018)