JoAnne Stephenson is an active performer, lecturer, adjudicator, and choir director. Performances abroad include Beijing, China in 2005, where Dr. Stephenson sang, "The Umokoro Songs" written for her by Dr. Wallace Cheatham at the Beijing Conservatory. European performances include a tour to Leipzig, Prague, Vienna and Melk, where she sang the Mezzo Soprano solos in the J.S. Bach, "Magnifcate", and the W.A. Mozart, "Mass in c Minor" with the Bach Society of Winter Park. Other European engagements include four solo recitals, two of which were sung at Cambridge University in Cambridge, England, and two at the University of London. Additional European performances include solo recitals and performances in Paris, France, Ragusa, Italy and Vevey, Switzerland.