Joannah Ball

Soprano Joannah Ball is originally from Newport, OR. She graduated from Willamette University Summa Cum Laude with a B.M. in Vocal Performance. As an undergraduate she studied voice with Allison Swensen-Mitchell and piano with Jean-David Coen.

In 2008 she performed the role of Adele in Die Fledermaus with Willamette's Dramatic Vocal Arts program and in 2009 performed as Despina in Mozart's Così Fan Tutte. Ms. Ball has also performed in Puccini's Suor Angelica, and in scenes from Carmen, Peter Grimes, Hansel and Gretel, and The Ballad of Baby Doe. In 2009 she premiered colleague Andrew Smith's chamber opera Sympathies composed in Just Intonation. Other achievements include winning the 2008 Willamette Solo and Aria Competition and performing with the Salem Chamber Orchestra.

In addition to working at Willamette, Ms. Ball directs a youth choir with Salem's own Willamette Girlchoir and continues performing as a local soloist.