Johanna Nordhorn has sung professionally across the nation and is a favorite in the city of St. Louis, MO, where she has been a featured soloist many times over with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra in Powell Hall, a two-time Gerdine Young Artist with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, performed opera roles with Union Avenue Opera and Gateway Opera, and has sung specialized Early Music concerts with the famed Kingsbury Ensemble. She also spent a summer in New York as a Young Artist with Opera Saratoga. She has placed in the Metropolitan National Council Awards (Missouri district), won the Southern Illinois Young Artist Competition, received a generous Individual Artist’s Grant from the Regional Arts Commission, and was awarded the title of St. Louis’s “Best New Opera Singer” in the St. Louis Post Dispatch during her time living in the city.

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Johanna is a gifted teacher, and is very passionate about helping her students be the best they can be while also encouraging their personal development as singers AND humans. Her private students have been accepted and offered scholarships into high-level collegiate music programs including Oklahoma City University, Loyola University, University of Kentucky, Ithaca College, DePauw University, Belmont University, Maryville University, Florida State University, Webster University, Emory University, University of Central Florida, Missouri State University...among many others.

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Johanna has served on the Voice Faculty of many colleges and is well-versed in audition preparation for collegiate music auditions as well as those for professional opera and musical theatre shows. She is an expert in appropriate repertoire selection, successful audition techniques, and of course her favorite subject, building a sturdy vocal technique. She views each student's voice as a precious gem, meant to be polished and faceted until its unique gleam can be admired by everyone!