Shelby Cox is a teacher and performer with a B.M. in Vocal Performance from The Juilliard School. During her training, she performed in several art song recitals, opera productions, and musical theater cabarets. She could be seen as Cupid in Orpheus in the Underworld and in the ensembles of Hippolyte et Aricie, Katya Kabanova, and La Sonnambula.  Outside of Juilliard, Shelby was selected as a 2018 Emerging Artist at Seagle Music Colony, where she performed the roles of Sesto (Giulio Cesare) and Gloria Upson (Mame), and was a featured dancer in the ensembles of The Great Gatsby and Candide. As a 2017 Artist at Classic Lyric Arts Italy, she sang in various scenes and concerts, including the roles of Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Tolomeo (Tolomeo), and Mistress Quickly (Falstaff). In March 2020, Shelby sang in Debussy’s Nocturnes with the New York Philharmonic as part of the “Sirènes” chorus at David Geffen Hall, conducted by Louis Langrée.