Greetings! Joanna here. Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter, pianist, music educator, cat mother, and incessant harmonizer.

Quick navigational logistics… Oropendola = my lyrical chamber-pop project, under which I currently write, record, and perform. Projects & Studio Work = several examples of keys/harmonies/arranging work, as well as my previously self-titled singer-songwriter project . Symbiosis = Mirror in the Woods songwriter series. Youth Songwriters Collective = a songwriting program for teens ages 13-18. The rest is hopefully self-explanatory. ;)


Astrologically speaking, I am a Joanna sun/Oropendola moon/Schubadactyl rising. Or Taurus/Aries/Leo, whatever boops your nose. Occasionally human-identifying. Usually exuberant. Too often cynical, though seeking to spread joy, make cool meaningful shit, lift up all living beings & our shared planet the best I can…


Here’s what I do!

  • play shows as Oropendola

  • teach, collaborate with, and learn from others: piano, voice, and songwriting lessons / original musical theater devising at the Lucy Moses School / teen choir & youth sing-a-longs in NYC homeless shelters through WIN (Women In Need)

  • freelance arrange & compose

  • sing backup &/or play keys with an assortment of groups. some current & past: Half Waif, Samir Langus, Barrie, Rebecca Pigeon, Nicomo, Beccs, Glenn Echo, Julia Mark, etc.

  • sing with Rosa Vocal Group, an all-female international ensemble that performs traditional Serbian music

  • host warm, joyful, and only slightly all-over-the-place nights of musical community, when there’s not a raging global pandemic.

    • the Symbiosis Songwriter Series at Mirror in the Woods in Gowanus, Brooklyn, a collaborative event featuring women & non-binary musicians.

    • a house concert series titled “A Modern Schubertiade” in homage to the informal literary-musical salons of the 19th century composer Franz Schubert. (We are sadly unrelated.)

Favorite past teaching!


Love, Joanna and Moose (my son, pictured below).