Jessica Hall serves as pianist and coach at Wexford Festival Opera in Ireland

Pianist and USC Thornton Keyboard Collaborative Arts alumna Jessica Hall (MM ’09, GC ’11, DMA ’14) has recently served as the principal coach and orchestral pianist for William Bolcom’s opera, Dinner at Eight, at the Wexford Festival Opera in Ireland. Hall has been involved with the piece since 2016, when it was workshopped at the Minnesota Opera and premiered the following year.

Hall has served as pianist, assistant conductor, coach, and chorus master for more than 40 opera productions with Minnesota Opera, Portland Opera, Opera Memphis, Brava! Opera Theater, Opera UCLA, Pacific Opera Project, Rogue Opera, Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, Aspen Opera Theater, and USC Thornton Opera, among others.