Joan Estep

Joan Estep, soprano, is currently a senior a Georgia State University finishing her degrees in Voice Performance and Sociology. She frequently performs with the regional opera company Peach State Opera, where she has been seen as Zerbina in their production of "La Serva Padrona" and as Gilda, Fiordiligi, Susanna, Frasquita, and Adele in their touring opera scenes program. She has performed various roles with Georgia State Opera including Singer #1 in Conrad Susa's "Transformations", La Fée in "Cendrillon", and Anna Bolena in "Anna Bolena". She has also performed The Governess in "The Turn of the Scew" with the Harrower Opera Workshop. A proponent of new music, she frequently collaborates with Atlanta composers and new music groups, including Cerberus Trio with whom she performed John Cage's "Forever and Sunsmell" at the eyedrum gallery. She also sings with the nationally acclaimed Atlanta Opera chorus under the direction of Walter Huff, is a staff singer at the beautiful All Saints' Episcopal Church in Downtown Atlanta, and currently maintains a private voice studio in Metro Atlanta.