Joylýn Rushing has performed with Opera Birmingham, the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, the Conway Symphony Orchestra, the Delta Symphony Orchestra, Huntsville Opera, Opera Birmingham, Opera in the Rock, Peach State Opera, Opera in the Ozarks, and Operafestival di Roma. Her roles include the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Giannetta in L’elisir d’amore, Lucy in The Telephone, Parasha in Stravinsky’s Mavra, Ginger Taylor in Liam Wade’s Part of the Act, and Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance. She was an apprentice artist at Sarasota Opera and Opera North. Miss Rushing completed her undergraduate degree at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama and her master’s degree at the University of Central Arkansas.