❝Conyers poured forth a deliciously honeyed baritone that would seduce
anyone. If his characterization was more hearty than suave, he still
effortlessly summoned up a laser-‐beam look that communicated hidden
danger and volatility. – Opera News
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anyone. If his characterization was more hearty than suave, he still
effortlessly summoned up a laser-‐beam look that communicated hidden
danger and volatility. – Opera News
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BIOGRAPHY
Grammy-nominated baritone Joshua Conyers has been singled out by Opera News for his “deliciously honeyed baritone that would seduce anyone,” by The New York Times as having “a sonorous baritone” that “wheedled and seduced,” and by The Washington Post for giving a "show-stealing" performance. A native of The Bronx, NY, he has been hailed by critics for his performances of new and standard operatic works, as well as on concert stages in North America and internationally. Conyers’ dedication and vision as an artist, educator, and advocate strives to propel the performing arts industry forward.
In the 2025-26 season, Mr. Conyers returns to Finger Lakes Opera as the title role in Rigoletto, will sing Tonio in Pagliacci with Buffalo Opera Unlimited, and make several concert appearances with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra for Handel’s Messiah, the Rochester Society for Chamber Music in Robert Kahn's 7 lieder aus ‘Jungbrunnen’ von Paul Heyse, the North Carolina Master Chorale for the Brahms Requiem, and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra for Orff’s Carmina Burana. Conyers’ busy 2024-2025 season included his debut album A Miracle in Legacy with Pianist Chelsea Whitaker, and a North American recital tour. With compositions by Shawn E. Okpebholo, Carlos Simon, a commission piece by Emmy Award winning composer Jasmine Arielle Barnes with poetry by Deborah Mouton, and a commission piece by Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS). Joshua joined Piedmont Opera for Norman Dello Joio's Joan of Arc: The Trial of Rouen portraying the role of Pierre Cauchon, Hassan in Edmond Dédé's Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan with Opera Lafayette and Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and Falstaff in Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff with Vashon Opera. On the concert platform, Mr. Conyers made his debut with the New World Symphony for George Crumbs' A Journey Beyond Time: American Songbook II, the Bass soloist in Handel’s Messiah in his debut with the Pacific Symphony and Phoenix Symphony, and a recital Histories VI: Goethe (Songs by Franz Schubert and Hugo Wolf) with Pianist, Dimitri Dover at the Brooklyn Art Song Society.
The 2023-2024 season included joining The Metropolitan Opera production of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X by Anthony Davis, which he also performed with Seattle Opera in role of Reginald, Hollis in Two Corners by B. E. Boykin with Finger Lakes Opera, and performed the role of Scarpia in Tosca with Opera Wilmington. On the concert platform, Mr. Conyers made his debut with the New York Philharmonic as the Bass soloist in Handel’s Messiah, two recitals with the Brooklyn Art Song Society which included song cycles Two Black Churches by Shawn E. Okpebholo and American Sonnets by Carlos Simon respectively, and the Bass soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as a new companion work To Seek is Jubilance by composer Derrick Skye commissioned by the RPO for its 100th season.
Mr. Conyers 2022-2023 season began with his return to Washington National Opera as The Reverend in Jeanine Tesori’s Blue, he joined the Lyric Opera of Chicago for the world premiere production of Factotum by Will Liverman, DJ King Rico, and Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj, his debut with English National Opera as Policeman/Congregant 3 in Tesori’s Blue, Reginald in Anthony Davis’ X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X at Opera Omaha, which he has also performed with Detroit Opera and Odyssey Opera (where he also recorded the role). On the concert platform, Mr. Conyers appears as bass soloist in Handel’s Messiah with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and Baritone Soloist in Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Brevard Music Center. In the 2021-2022 season, Mr. Conyers joined Seattle Opera for Blue, Boston Lyric Opera as Count Capulet in Roméo et Juliette, Memphis Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Cecilia Chorus of NYC in Carmina Burana at Carnegie Hall. His 2020-2021 season included Eustis in Le maréchal ferrant with Opera Lafayette, Sprecher in Die Zauberflöte with Aspen Opera Theater performing with world renowned Soprano Renée Fleming, Tonio in Pagliacci at The Atlanta Opera, where he also performed Tiger Brown in the Threepenny Opera.
Mr. Conyers is an alum of the prestigious Cafritz Young Artists program at Washington National Opera, where he appeared as the First Priest in The Magic Flute, Germont in La Traviata, British Major in Silent Night, Donkey in The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me, and Zaretsky in Eugene Onegin, and was slated to appear in 2020 performances as John Sorel in The Consul, covering the Reverend in Blue, and singing Jim and covering Jake in Porgy and Bess.
Highly sought after for contemporary opera, Mr. Conyers performed the role of Jason in the world premiere of Matt Boehler and Laura Barati’s 75 Miles and Uncle Wesley in Carlos Simon and Sandra Seaton’s Night Trip for Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative. Additionally, he covered the roles of Mr. Umeya in the American premiere of Ruo and Chong's Dr. Sun Yat-Sen in Mandarin Chinese and Walt Whitman in the world premiere of Morrison and Cox's Oscar, both with the Santa Fe Opera.
As a concert artist, Mr. Conyers made his Carnegie Hall début in 2018 as the baritone soloist in Mozart’s Regina cœli, K. 276, Vaughn Williams’ Serenade to Music, Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, and Mark Hayes’ Te Deum under the baton of distinguished composer and arranger Mark Hayes with MidAmerica Productions. Joshua also made his début at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 2018 as the baritone soloist in the Duruflé Requiem with Manhattan Concert Productions under the baton of Anton Armstrong. In 2019, Mr. Conyers was a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, performing with world-renowned Maestro Gianandrea Noseda and singer/songwriter Ben Folds. He was a guest artist at Opera Wilmington/UNC Wilmington’s annual Opera Symposium in celebration of Caterina Jarboro and in conjunction with Black History Month. Additional concert and oratorio credits include Bach's St. Matthew Passion, Handel's Messiah, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Fauré’s Requiem in D minor, Vaughan Williams' Dona nobis pacem, and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.
Mr. Conyers’ numerous vocal competition and award credits include: Metropolitan Opera National Council District Winner (2010, 2011, 2015, and 2019), Metropolitan Opera National Council Regional Encouragement Award Winner, Catherine Filene Shouse Career Grant Award Winner, Annapolis Opera Top Prize Winner, Career Bridges Grant Award Winner, S. Livingston Mather Scholar Competition Top Winner, the Charlotte Opera Guild Competition Top Prize Winner, and the Heafner/Williams Vocal Competition Top Prize Winner. He has also participated in the training programs of Aspen Music Festival, Wolf Trap Opera, the Glimmerglass Festival, Des Moines Metro Opera, and Santa Fe Opera.
Joshua received his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and Professional Artist Certificate from UNC School of the Arts and his Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Indiana University. Mr. Conyers is currently on the voice faculty at the Eastman School of Music.
In the 2025-26 season, Mr. Conyers returns to Finger Lakes Opera as the title role in Rigoletto, will sing Tonio in Pagliacci with Buffalo Opera Unlimited, and make several concert appearances with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra for Handel’s Messiah, the Rochester Society for Chamber Music in Robert Kahn's 7 lieder aus ‘Jungbrunnen’ von Paul Heyse, the North Carolina Master Chorale for the Brahms Requiem, and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra for Orff’s Carmina Burana. Conyers’ busy 2024-2025 season included his debut album A Miracle in Legacy with Pianist Chelsea Whitaker, and a North American recital tour. With compositions by Shawn E. Okpebholo, Carlos Simon, a commission piece by Emmy Award winning composer Jasmine Arielle Barnes with poetry by Deborah Mouton, and a commission piece by Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS). Joshua joined Piedmont Opera for Norman Dello Joio's Joan of Arc: The Trial of Rouen portraying the role of Pierre Cauchon, Hassan in Edmond Dédé's Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan with Opera Lafayette and Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and Falstaff in Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff with Vashon Opera. On the concert platform, Mr. Conyers made his debut with the New World Symphony for George Crumbs' A Journey Beyond Time: American Songbook II, the Bass soloist in Handel’s Messiah in his debut with the Pacific Symphony and Phoenix Symphony, and a recital Histories VI: Goethe (Songs by Franz Schubert and Hugo Wolf) with Pianist, Dimitri Dover at the Brooklyn Art Song Society.
The 2023-2024 season included joining The Metropolitan Opera production of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X by Anthony Davis, which he also performed with Seattle Opera in role of Reginald, Hollis in Two Corners by B. E. Boykin with Finger Lakes Opera, and performed the role of Scarpia in Tosca with Opera Wilmington. On the concert platform, Mr. Conyers made his debut with the New York Philharmonic as the Bass soloist in Handel’s Messiah, two recitals with the Brooklyn Art Song Society which included song cycles Two Black Churches by Shawn E. Okpebholo and American Sonnets by Carlos Simon respectively, and the Bass soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as a new companion work To Seek is Jubilance by composer Derrick Skye commissioned by the RPO for its 100th season.
Mr. Conyers 2022-2023 season began with his return to Washington National Opera as The Reverend in Jeanine Tesori’s Blue, he joined the Lyric Opera of Chicago for the world premiere production of Factotum by Will Liverman, DJ King Rico, and Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj, his debut with English National Opera as Policeman/Congregant 3 in Tesori’s Blue, Reginald in Anthony Davis’ X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X at Opera Omaha, which he has also performed with Detroit Opera and Odyssey Opera (where he also recorded the role). On the concert platform, Mr. Conyers appears as bass soloist in Handel’s Messiah with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and Baritone Soloist in Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Brevard Music Center. In the 2021-2022 season, Mr. Conyers joined Seattle Opera for Blue, Boston Lyric Opera as Count Capulet in Roméo et Juliette, Memphis Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Cecilia Chorus of NYC in Carmina Burana at Carnegie Hall. His 2020-2021 season included Eustis in Le maréchal ferrant with Opera Lafayette, Sprecher in Die Zauberflöte with Aspen Opera Theater performing with world renowned Soprano Renée Fleming, Tonio in Pagliacci at The Atlanta Opera, where he also performed Tiger Brown in the Threepenny Opera.
Mr. Conyers is an alum of the prestigious Cafritz Young Artists program at Washington National Opera, where he appeared as the First Priest in The Magic Flute, Germont in La Traviata, British Major in Silent Night, Donkey in The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me, and Zaretsky in Eugene Onegin, and was slated to appear in 2020 performances as John Sorel in The Consul, covering the Reverend in Blue, and singing Jim and covering Jake in Porgy and Bess.
Highly sought after for contemporary opera, Mr. Conyers performed the role of Jason in the world premiere of Matt Boehler and Laura Barati’s 75 Miles and Uncle Wesley in Carlos Simon and Sandra Seaton’s Night Trip for Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative. Additionally, he covered the roles of Mr. Umeya in the American premiere of Ruo and Chong's Dr. Sun Yat-Sen in Mandarin Chinese and Walt Whitman in the world premiere of Morrison and Cox's Oscar, both with the Santa Fe Opera.
As a concert artist, Mr. Conyers made his Carnegie Hall début in 2018 as the baritone soloist in Mozart’s Regina cœli, K. 276, Vaughn Williams’ Serenade to Music, Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, and Mark Hayes’ Te Deum under the baton of distinguished composer and arranger Mark Hayes with MidAmerica Productions. Joshua also made his début at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 2018 as the baritone soloist in the Duruflé Requiem with Manhattan Concert Productions under the baton of Anton Armstrong. In 2019, Mr. Conyers was a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, performing with world-renowned Maestro Gianandrea Noseda and singer/songwriter Ben Folds. He was a guest artist at Opera Wilmington/UNC Wilmington’s annual Opera Symposium in celebration of Caterina Jarboro and in conjunction with Black History Month. Additional concert and oratorio credits include Bach's St. Matthew Passion, Handel's Messiah, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Fauré’s Requiem in D minor, Vaughan Williams' Dona nobis pacem, and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.
Mr. Conyers’ numerous vocal competition and award credits include: Metropolitan Opera National Council District Winner (2010, 2011, 2015, and 2019), Metropolitan Opera National Council Regional Encouragement Award Winner, Catherine Filene Shouse Career Grant Award Winner, Annapolis Opera Top Prize Winner, Career Bridges Grant Award Winner, S. Livingston Mather Scholar Competition Top Winner, the Charlotte Opera Guild Competition Top Prize Winner, and the Heafner/Williams Vocal Competition Top Prize Winner. He has also participated in the training programs of Aspen Music Festival, Wolf Trap Opera, the Glimmerglass Festival, Des Moines Metro Opera, and Santa Fe Opera.
Joshua received his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and Professional Artist Certificate from UNC School of the Arts and his Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Indiana University. Mr. Conyers is currently on the voice faculty at the Eastman School of Music.