Critics have praised Joanie for her “dramatic versatility” (Opera News), “meltingly beautiful” interpretations (Forbes), “lovely soprano” and “lucid diction” (New York Times), “captivating stage presence” (New York Classical Review), and “full-bodied voice” (Tulsa World), all while demonstrating “strength and resistance” (Opera Wire) throughout “outstanding solo work” (New York Concert Review).

Joanie has performed at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, and Symphony Space, and with Riverside Theatre, the New Ohio Theatre, Fresh Squeezed Opera, Experiments in Opera, New Amsterdam Opera, Chelsea Opera, the New Works Festival with OPERA America, EnsembleNYC, American Lyric Theatre, and VHRP Live, the Martina Arroyo Foundation, IconoClassic Opera, Hartford Opera Theatre, Mobile Opera, Opera Lancaster, Light Opera Oklahoma, New York Lyric Opera, and Peach State Opera, among others.

She made her Carnegie Hall debut with Distinguished Concert Artists International (DCINY) as the soprano soloist for Karl Jenkins’s The Armed Man. DCINY invited her to return to Carnegie Hall as the soprano soloist for the U.S. Premiere of Jenkins' Cantata Memoria for the Children of Aberfan. She was a finalist in the Fritz and Lavinia Jensen Competition and a semifinalist in the International Concours de Chant de Clermont-Ferrand in France.

Joanie is the author of Practicing for Singers and has contributed to many classical music textbooks through Oxford University Press and Norton, as well as articles on music for numerous publications. She is also the editor of Classical Singer Magazine. Each year, she can be found at the CS Music convention, where she mentors young singers through masterclasses, presentations, and the CS Music Competition.