Joan Floriano is on the voice faculty at SUNY Geneseo and Nazareth College. She often performs on the musical stage in opera, musical theatre and oratorio and is a frequent clinician and master teacher in high schools in the western New York region.
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Curriculum Vitae
Education
M.M. and Performer's Certificates in Voice and Opera, Eastman School of Music
B.A., SUNY Geneseo
Specialist in Italian diction (Siena, Italy)
Employment
Lecturer in Voice, SUNY Geneseo (2008-present)
Lecturer in Voice, Nazareth College of Rochester (1993-present)
Instructor, Introduction to Foreign Language Diction, Nazareth College of Rochester (1993-present)
Co-director, Opera Connection Program, Mercury Opera Rochester (September-October 2007)
Affiliations
National Association of Teachers of Singing (Central New York Chapter)
Classes
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MUSC 141: Voice for the General Student
Instruction in voice designed for students who have had little or no previous voice training.
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MUSC 151: Voice for Performance Opt-Stu
Instruction in voice designed for those admitted to the Performance Option-Voice.
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MUSC 151: Voice for Performance Opt-Lec
Instruction in voice designed for those admitted to the Performance Option-Voice.
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MUSC 248: Lyric Diction
This course is designed to provide vocalists with an understanding and knowledge of the international phonetic alphabet and its functions as used by singers, including: vowel and consonant formation; production and IPA transcription of pure, mixed, nasal vowels; diphthongs, glides, semi-glides; as well as voiced and unvoiced consonants. Students will also develop the physical capacity to form vowels/consonants in English, Italian, German, French, Spanish and learn how to apply this knowledge to recitation and in musical performance.
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MUSC 251: Voice for Performance Opt-Stu
A continuation of MUSC 151.
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MUSC 251: Voice for Performance Opt-Lec
A continuation of MUSC 151.
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MUSC 351: Voice for Performance Opt-Lec
A continuation of MUSC 251.
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MUSC 351: Voice for Performance Opt-Stu
A continuation of MUSC 251.
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MUSC 451: Voice for Performance Opt-Lec
A continuation of MUSC 351.
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MUSC 451: Voice for Performance Opt-Stu
A continuation of MUSC 351.
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MUSC 459: Senior Recital
Required of all music majors in the music performance option, to be taken in the senior year in preparation for a 1-hour recital of representative works studied, selected in consultation with the studio teacher, demonstrating knowledge of varied musical styles as well as professional standards of technique, musicality, and interpretation.