Assistant Conductors

Conductor and baritone ISIAH MAXEY is a first-year doctoral student at the Florida State University (FSU) College of Music. He enjoys bringing creativity and innovative programming to the choral stage. Ensembles under his direction repeatedly received top ratings, including “Choir of Distinction” from the Florida Vocal Association. In 2022, Maxey was a Conducting Apprentice at the Berkshire Choral International in Barcelona, and was an Albert C. Yates Fellow at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where he conducted the Tenor/Bass Choir, Juncta Juvant.

As a classically trained baritone, Maxey recently completed vocal fellowships with the DC-based professional ensemble, The Thirteen, and Spoleto Festival USA. His professional affiliations include membership in the American Choral Directors Association and National Collegiate Choral Organization.

YULIA BILLA is a Ukrainian soprano and conductor. She is a first-year master’s student in Music Education/Choral Conducting at FSU, and serves as Director of Music Ministries at Trinity United Methodist Church. She is a graduate of Tchaikovsky National Music Academy in Kyiv (Ukraine) where she majored in voice. In 2015, she moved to the USA with her husband, Victor Billa, who is an organist at Trinity UMC.

In Ukraine, she had a very active life as a concert singer, and she has participated in vocal training programs in the USA, Bulgaria, and Italy. She played the role of Papagena in the FSU Opera production of Mozart’s The Majic Flute in Fall 2021, and in Summer 2022, performed the role of Pamina from The Magic Flute at the Trentino Music Festival in Mezzano, Italy. Yuliia is very excited to be an Assistant Conductor for The Tallahassee Community Chorus. For her, it is a tremendous joy and an honor to be part of such a wonderful family.