Looking for a singing teacher /vocal coach in Surrey?
(in the Woking, Guildford, Camberley, Chertsey, Leatherhead and adjacent areas?) Joe St.Johanser has vacancies for new students. To enquire about singing lessons or vocal coaching please email. joe.st.johanser@ntlworld.com or phone 01483 767124
Hi. I teach all styles of singing - both classical bel canto (for opera and Lieder) and more popular styles (for music theatre, pop and rock). I'm very pleased to welcome adult beginners to the wonderful world of singing, tutor more advanced singers with preparation for roles, auditions or examinations or work to fix individual vocal or performance problems. Check out my details on this web site.
Joe has had a long career as a software engineer (B.Sc.(Econ.) Hons., University College London, M.Sc. (Computer Science, University of London), starting his singing studies in 1984 (B.Mus. Hons. Surrey University).
He studied singing with Wynford Evans, John Huw Davies, Glyn Davenport and Pamela Barker.He has performed some 30 roles in opera, operetta and musical theatre - see the CV link for more details.
He teaches singing privately, is a member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians, the British Voice Association and the Association of Singing Teachers.
He is also a composer of over 50 songs, 4 full length operas, 2 ballet scores and 1 oratorio - available from
You can see many snippets and bleeding chunks of his stuff on youtube - for example
Film of his third opera 'Through the Looking Glass'
Song to poem of Norman MacCaig 'Dreamworld'
Song to poem of Robert Browning 'Home Thoughts from the Sea'
He also writes and translates opera libretti and has directed opera for
Joe St.Johanser's opera 'The Tempest' was premiered by Guildford Opera in April 2011
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