Joan Morris

Joan Morris is a popular mezzo-soprano largely identified with popular songs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as with cabaret-style songs written by her husband, composer William Bolcom, and other modern composers. She has also sung serious works, such as the vocal setting in Bolcom's Symphony No. 4. Morris was born in Portland, Oregon. She displayed unusual vocal talent in her teens and in 1963 enrolled at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington where she studied with Lyle Moore. After her departure in 1965, she entered the American Academy of Dramatic...