Joseph Hubbard has brought a burnished bass voice and noteworthy dramatic skill to over 30 different operatic roles, ranging widely from early 17th century to new premieres. Joseph was recently cast in a joint production with Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Second City as Morgan/Wotan (cover) in Longer, Louder, Wagner; at State Opera Bulgaria in the world premiere of Joseph Summer’s Hamlet as both John the Gravedigger and Player King; as Snug in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Larkens in La Fanciulla del West with Virginia Opera; Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Henry Mosher in Picker's Emmeline, Bass/Allen Ginsberg in Glass/Ginsberg's Hydrogen Jukebox, Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Mother in Weill/Brecht's Seven Deadly Sins with Boston University Opera Institute; Colline in La Bohème and Orazio in the new world revival of Franco Faccio's Amleto with Opera Southwest; Seneca and Littore in L'incoronazione di Poppea with the Dunbar Early Music Festival and the Aldeburgh Festival Britten-Pears Programme (UK); and Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte with the Aspen Music Festival. Other operatic roles performed include the world premiere staging of Chucho in Bolcom's Lucrezia; Superintendent Budd in Albert Herring; Horace in Regina; Publio in La clemenza di Tito; Micha in Prodaná Nevĕsta (Bartered Bride); Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro; Don Alfonso in Così fan Tutte; Doc Gibbs in Our Town.

As an esteemed concert soloist with extensive experience in early music, recent soloist engagements include Bach St. Matthew Passion, Monteverdi Vespers of 1610, and Faure Requiem at Washington National Cathedral, Mozart Requiem at University of Chicago, Beethoven 9 at Boston Symphony Hall with BU Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ken-David Masur; Bach St. John Passion and Handel’s Messiah at Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory’s historic Bach Festival; The Met Museum Cloisters, The Morgan Library and Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, and Madison Early Music Festival with Schola Antiqua Chicago; Buxtehude Jesu meine Freude with Bethlehem Bach; Bach Mass in B Minor with the Handel Society of Dartmouth College; Nico Muhly My Days in the Nico Muhly Festival with Beth Morrison Projects and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; the title character of Fauvel in the 14th century tale of Le Roman de Fauvel with Newberry Consort; a solo cantata by Johann Schelle with the North Carolina Historically-Informed Performances Festival; Bach Cantata 153 with Madison Bach Musicians; 17th century Roman sacred music with the Duke University Vespers Ensemble at the Boston Early Music Festival; Monteverdi and Schütz with Mountainside Baroque. He was invited to be a soloist and ensemble member of the inaugural Early Music America Festival Ensemble at the Boston Early Music Festival, performing Gabrieli, Praetorius, and other early baroque music, directed by Scott Metcalfe. Other concert work includes Lassus' Lagrime di San Pietro; Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass; Handel's Judas Maccabaeus; Bach's Easter Oratorio and Magnificat; Mozart's Coronation Mass; Herod in Schütz's Weinachtshistorie; Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 in touring performances with Orpheus Chamber Singers and Ars Lyrica Houston. He was invited in the inaugural year of the American Bach Soloists Academy to sing the bass solos in Bach's Mass in B minor, one-per-part performances of Bach motets, and numerous selections from Monteverdi's Book VIII of madrigals. He has been heard three times as a soloist and ensemble singer at the Boston Early Music Festival.

A lover of ensemble singing across many genres, particularly in small consort singing, Joseph has sung in Artefact Ensemble; Ensemble Altera; Schola Antiqua of Chicago; Transept Consort; Ampersand; The Clarion Choir; Washington National Cathedral; Benedict XVI; The Basilica of the National Shrine; Handel + Haydn Society; Music at Marsh Chapel; Mirandola Consort; Bella Voce and Camerata; Orpheus Chamber Singers; Orchestra of New Spain; and the South Dakota Chorale. He currently serves as Artistic Advisor to Transept, and can be heard on the Naxos, Navona, Parma, Cappella Records, Gothic, and Pentatone record labels. He previously served for a decade as Artistic Advisor with the South Dakota Chorale, helping guide the group to performances at major national conventions and multiple Grammy nominations.

Joseph Hubbard holds degrees from the University of North Texas (B.M., Vocal Performance, '11) and Northwestern University (M.M., Voice Performance and Literature, '13), with a Certificate from the Opera Institute at Boston University ('17). He has been a guest teacher at universities and conservatories across the United States, and is on the voice faculty at the University of Minnesota International Choral Academy. Based in Washington, DC, he serves as resident bass at the Washington National Cathedral.