Mr. Pearce sang the Guard in the world premiere of David Lang’s new opera The Prisoner of the State with The New York Philharmonic under the baton of Jaap van Zweden at David Geffen Hall. ​ Highlights of previous season include performances of Poem in October (1970) with the Juilliard Orchestra and Juilliard’s AXIOM ensemble led by Jeffrey Milarsky and a debut at David Geffen Hall for the New York premiere of Angela Rice’s Easter Oratorio Thy Will be Done with the National Chorale. Mr. Pearce also had the honor of performing The Magician in a reduced version of Menotti’s The Consul at the U.S. Supreme Court for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Mr. Pearce spent two summers at the Chautauqua Institution where he appeared as Don José in Bizet’s Carmen and Tebaldo in Bellini’s I Capuleti e I Montecchi. ​ Praised for his “Confidence”, “Brightness” and “High level of Control” (Opera Wire), Mr. Pearce earned his Master’s of Music from the Juilliard School where he studied with the legendary Marlena Malas and a Bachelor’s in Music at the University of Kentucky under the tutelage of Dr. Everett McCorvey. He is currently a Cafritz Young Artist at Washington National Opera.