Background
Nachef, Joanna Medawar was born on January 15, 1959 in Beirut. Daughter of Michel Shakeeb and Yolla Akl Medawar.
Nachef, Joanna Medawar was born on January 15, 1959 in Beirut. Daughter of Michel Shakeeb and Yolla Akl Medawar.
Doctor of Philosophy in Musical Arts, University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1988.
Artistic director Los Cancioneros Master Chorale, Torrance, California, since 1991. Director, choral activities El Camino College, since 1996. Music director California Academy Mathematics and Science, Carson, since 1991, Peninsula Community Church, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, 1980—1997, choir director, since 2003.
Adjunct faculty California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, since 1990.
Cultural chair Los Angeles, Beirut Sister City Organization, 2006. Lecturer United States Department State, 2004—2005, citizen diplomat, 2004—2005. Member of Torrance Performing Arts Consortium (directors' representative 2003).
Married Hani Elias Nachef, June 27, 1987. Children: Hannah Marie, Timothy Elias.