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Jacob Joyce is Associate Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, appointed by Music Director Manfred Honeck in October 2021. A dynamic and innovative presence on the podium, Joyce served as Resident Conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony, appearing with the ISO several times in the '19-'20 and '20-'21 seasons, in various classical, education, Happy Hour, and community concerts. He also made his debut with several American orchestras in recent seasons, including the Detroit, St. Louis, Houston, Colorado, Ann Arbor, Richmond, Baton Rouge and Spartanburg symphonies. Abroad, Joyce has conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, the NDR-Sinfonieorchester, the hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, and the Frankfurt Museumsorchester and the Hamilton Philharmonic. For his work in Indianapolis and around the world, Joyce was awarded a Solti Career Assistance Award in 2020.

Joyce previously served as the Conducting Fellow for the Fort Worth Symphony, with whom he collaborates frequently, and has also held positions as the Associate Conductor of the Yale Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the Berkeley College Orchestra, Music Director of the Opera Theater of Yale College, and Cover Conductor of the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston. An avid promoter of contemporary music, Joyce has conducted several premieres of orchestral and operatic works. Joyce is also an advocate for bringing classical music to new audiences. He is the host and creator of the podcast Attention to Detail: The Classical Music Listening Guide, which provides people of all backgrounds with basic techniques for listening to classical music. He also works extensively with educators, music teachers, and orchestra directors, providing career advice and instruction to students across the country.

Joyce studied Orchestral Conducting with Hugh Wolff at the New England Conservatory. He has also received instruction at the Tanglewood Music Center and the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen. In recognition of his work, Joyce was awarded the Robert Spano Conducting Prize at Aspen, and was a semifinalist in the LSO Donatella Flick Conducting Competition and the Solti International Conducting Competition. Joyce graduated from Yale College in 2014, with a B.A. in Music and Economics. He also received a M.M. in Violin Performance from the Yale School of Music in 2015, studying with Syoko Aki.

As a violinist, Joyce has performed with several orchestras nationwide, and was awarded the Broadus Erle Prize for an Outstanding Violinist at the Yale School of Music. He served as the concertmaster of the Yale Symphony Orchestra and performed regularly with the Boston Philharmonic and the Atlantic Symphony. He has previously attended the Tanglewood Music Center, the Bowdoin International Music Festival, and Encore School for Strings.

Described by the Maryland theatre guide as having a “stunning, and luminous timbre,” Corrie Stallings is gaining quick acclaim for her work on both operatic and concert stages around the country.

The 2017-2018 season brought Ms. Stallings back to Pittsburgh opera, where she was a resident artist from 2014-2016, to sing Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro. She then made her role and company debut with Washington concert opera singing Isoletta in Bellini’s rarely performed La Straniera, where her performance was described as “one of the highlights of the evening, a voice capable of chesty strength and silvery lightness” (Washington Classical Review).

In the 2016-2017 season, Ms. Stallings made her company and role debut as Angelina in La Cenerentola with Syracuse Opera before traveling to Toulouse and Bordeaux, France to remount Francesca Zambello’s production of Candide at Opéra National de Bordeaux and Théâtre du Capitole. After receiving first prize in the 2017 Gerda Lissner international vocal competition, Ms. Stallings went on to win third place in the Giulio Gari International vocal competition before returning to the Santa Fe opera for a second season as an apprentice artist to cover Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus in summer of 2017.

In Pittsburgh’s 2015-16 season, she performed Jo in Adamo’s Little Women and Rosina in Rossini’s il Barbiere di Siviglia. In 2014-15, she appeared as Bertarido in Handel’s Rodelinda and Mercedes in Bizet’s Carmen. In December of 2015, Ms. Stallings made her debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as the alto soloist in Mozart’s coronation mass under the baton of Maestro Honick and returned to Denver, CO to perform the alto solos in Handel’s Messiah with the Colorado symphony. 

In summer 2015, Ms. Stallings was a member of the Young American Artists program at Glimmerglass Festival and appeared as jazz trio girl in Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti and covered Vanderdunder & Paquette in Bernstein’s Candide.

Ms. Stallings was a festival artist with opera theatre of saint louis in 2013 and 2014, where she performed as third lady in the Magic Flute under the baton of Jane Glover, and covered Stephanie Blythe in the role of Gertrude Stein in the world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s 27, both in 2014. She also performed the role of Kate in The Pirates of Penzance in 2013. Additionally in 2013, Ms. Stallings was a soloist in Chicago symphony orchestra’s Christmas production, welcome, yule! As well as the alto soloist cover in Bach’s mass in b minor under the baton of Maestro Muti. In 2012, she was the alto soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, and was a 2013 third place regional finalist in the metropolitan opera national council regional auditions. While pursuing her master’s degree at northwestern university, Ms. Stallings performed the roles of Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, Samira in the Ghosts of Versailles, and second lady in Die Zauberflote.

A native of the San Francisco bay area, Ms. Stallings holds a B.A. in vocal performance and art history from Cal Poly State University and a M.M. in opera performance from northwestern university. She now resides in Pittsburgh, pa.