Joelle grew up in the outskirts on Boston with her enchanting three younger brothers and great parents. As a teenager, she began her voice studies at Tanglewood and at New England Conservatory, where she studied jazz voice.Growing up, she sang jazz at a number of venues in the Boston area, including Scullers Jazz Club. She also was given the opportunity to sing in Amateur Night on Showtime at the Apollo where she was, thank goodness, not booed off stage.Following a leap over to the Midwest to study opera at Indiana University School of Music, she decided to transfer back home to Beantown and finish her degree in voice at Boston University College of Fine Arts. After spending a summer studying opera at the Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca, Italy, she graduated Boston University in 2005.During her time at BU she began doing jingles for regional TV and radio ads, as well as workshops of new musicals. She also continued performing in the Boston jazz scene, hosting a weekly night at Encore Piano Lounge.Since making the move to New York, she has continued recording new musical works, including Michael Wartofsky's "The Navigator,"commissioned by North Shore Music Theatre.Joelle has been featured on a variety of recording projects, including songwriter submissions to major artists such as Britney spears, national jingle spots, as well as back up vocals for Sony's Chris Mann, Broadway rocker Brooke Moriber, and on Josh Ritter's "The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter" album.This past year, Joelle appeared in her sold out jazz cabaret with her jazz trio at The Triad, and continues to perform and record around New York. This spring Joelle is returning to Boston to play the role of Shawntel/Eve in 'Jerry Springer - the Opera' with SpeakEasy Stage Company at The Boston Center for the Arts.
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