Heralded as a “thrilling, powerful voice with a melting pianissimo” (Boston Musical Intelligencer),“nuanced combination of pitch control and power” (rochestercitynewspaper.com), and “a hoot!” (thebargainhunter.com), Joelle has performed a variety of roles including Minnie Fay in Hello, Dolly! (Ohio Light Opera) , Phoebe in The Mock Marriage (Ohio Light Opera), Bellomy in The Fantasticks! (Ohio Light Opera), Mrs. Ott in Susannah (Buffalo Opera Unlimited), Coralie in The Daring of Diane (Ohio Light Opera), Julie in The Ships Captain (The Musicians of Ma’alwyck), Hansel in Hansel and Gretel (New York Lyric Opera Theater; Nazareth College), Ernesto in The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Schmidt Opera Outreach Program at the University of Kentucky), Third Lady in The Magic Flute (Barn Opera), Lucinda in Into the Woods (Ohio Light Opera), Flora James in Girl Crazy (Ohio Light Opera), Joyce Wheeler in Fifty Million Frenchmen (Ohio Light Opera), Clorinda in Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (Cottage Industry Theater), First Spirit in The Magic Flute (Glimmerglass Festival), Camus in King Arthur (Boston University), Oberto in Alcina (NAPA Music Festival), the Seamstress’ Son in The Happy Prince (Rochester Lyric Opera), and Calisto in La Calisto (Nazareth College). She made her European debut as Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflöte (Berlin Opera Academy, 2016).
    Known for her “simply thrilling - disciplined, precise” performances (The Freeman’s Journal), Joelle was a semi-finalist in the 2019 Harold Haugh Light Opera Competition, a finalist in the 2018 Barn Opera Vocal Competition, and a winner of the 2012 Rising Stars Competition at Nazareth College. She made her Carnegie Hall debut in New York Lyric Opera’s Night of Music (November 2019). Her concert repertoire includes solos in Schubert’s Mass in A-Flat Major (Rochester Oratorio Society), Handel’s Messiah (Voices of Cooperstown), the Missa Luba (Rochester Oratorio Society with Sankofa Dance), and is a regularly featured soloist for the Guild of Glimmerglass’ concerts. She has sung various chamber works including Haydn’s Ariadne auf Naxos, Jacquet de la Guerre’s Semelé, and Bach’s Coffee Cantata. Masterclasses that she has participated in include programs with Susan Ashbaker, David Aronson, Julianna Gondek, and Laura Brooks Rice’s CoOPERAtive program. She is attending the Eastman School of Music where she is studying with Katherine Ciesinski.