Though her entire life has been dedicated mainly to church music, she has also performed as pianist and consultant for Latin Church Music in plays for the Stratford Festival Theatre Company, Stratford, Ontario. A consumate pianist, organist and keyboard artist, she has performed at several corporate sponsored gala concerts, private concerts as well as public venues such as the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, Ontario. The unbridled passion she had for music is overwhelmingly evident in her ability to evoke deep, emotional response while as if by magic, her deft fingers glide over ivory and ebony.

Joan played every Sunday at mid-morning mass at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Coquitlam where she performed old traditional hymns and, occasionally, her own compositions. She has written several masses and composed  musical scores for prayers and psalms performed by the choir and both of her children, Barbara and Mark, their spouses and her five grand-children under the direction of her husband, John R. West.

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Audio Clips
Here are a few selections from Joan's repertoire:

Here I Am Lord
Ave Maria
Bethoven's Adagio
Moonlight Sonata
Gethsemane
Be Not Afraid

For a complete list of recordings from Joan's post-humous CD visit:

http://www.notredamedefatima.org/cdtape2.htm