Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Teaching Experience
Summer festivals
Accomplishments
References
Timeline
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Joshua Rosenthal

Boston,MA

Summary

Violinist, student, educator and musicologist with experience teaching and performing in folk and classical.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Scoring Sessions Program Assistant

Berklee College Of Music
Boston, MA
09.2023 - Current

Sight-reading and recording film scoring students' compositions.

Section Violinist

Horizon Ensemble
Boston, MA
08.2023 - Current

Section Violinist

Boston Conservatory Orchestra
Boston, MA
09.2022 - Current

Section First Violin

Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Boston, MA
09.2020 - Current

Rotating Concertmaster

Kennebec Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra
Augusta, Maine
09.2020 - 05.2022

Concertmaster

New England Conservatory Youth Symphony
Boston, MA
09.2019 - 05.2020

Concertmaster

Seacocast Community Orchestra
Damariscotta, Maine
09.2017 - 03.2020

Section Violinist

Mozart Mentors Orchestra
Brunswick, ME
09.2015 - 03.2020

Assistant Concertmaster

New England Conservatory Youth Repertory Orchestra
Boston, MA
09.2018 - 06.2019

Assistant Principal Second Violin

New England Conservatory Youth Repertory Orchestra
Boston, MA
09.2017 - 06.2018

Section Violinist

NEC Junior Repertory Orchestra
Boston, MA
09.2016 - 06.2017

Education

Bachelor of Music - Violin Performance

Boston Conservatory At Berklee
Boston, MA
05.2026

Violin Performance

New England Conservatory Preparatory School
Boston, MA
06.2022

Skills

  • Collaborative mindset
  • Strong Communication Skills
  • Sight-Reading Proficiency
  • Strong leadership abilities
  • Exceptional musicianship
  • In-Depth Repertoire Knowledge
  • Adaptive musical styles
  • Improvisation Techniques
  • Contemporary music interpretation

Teaching Experience

Self Employed - Private violin instructor

Boston, MA • 10/2020 - present

Boston String Academy - Teaching Assistant

Boston, MA • 01/2024 - present

Assisting here as part of my pedagogy course at Boston Conservatory.

Summer festivals

  • Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival (2019 & 2021)
  • Aria Online Summer Academy (2020)
  • Bay Chamber Envision Workshop (2016-2021)
  • DaPonte String Quartet High School Workshop (2018-2020)

Accomplishments

  • Appeared on Great Performances: Now Hear This! Season 51 episode 16 alongside Yo-Yo Ma, Richard Kogan and Lynn Chang (April 2024)
  • Appeared on episode 379 of NPR’s From the Top (Nov. 2019)
  • 2019 recipient of the Martin Guterman Memorial Chamber Music Scholarship at NEC Prep
  • Was scheduled to perform alongside A Far Cry in March 2020 (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
  • 2020 winner of the Ezra Rachlin Prize for Excellence at Bay Chamber Concerts’ Young Stars of Maine prize program
  • 2021 winner of the Anna Bereziuk and Lindley Wood Ensemble Prize at Bay Chamber Concerts’ Young Stars of Maine prize program (with JAKS Quartet)

References

Lynn Chang - Current private teacher

changlynn@hotmail.com

Benjamin Zander - Conductor

bz@benjaminzander.com

Josie Davis - Colleague

josie@baychamberconcerts.org

Timeline

Scoring Sessions Program Assistant

Berklee College Of Music
09.2023 - Current

Section Violinist

Horizon Ensemble
08.2023 - Current

Section Violinist

Boston Conservatory Orchestra
09.2022 - Current

Section First Violin

Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
09.2020 - Current

Rotating Concertmaster

Kennebec Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra
09.2020 - 05.2022

Concertmaster

New England Conservatory Youth Symphony
09.2019 - 05.2020

Assistant Concertmaster

New England Conservatory Youth Repertory Orchestra
09.2018 - 06.2019

Concertmaster

Seacocast Community Orchestra
09.2017 - 03.2020

Assistant Principal Second Violin

New England Conservatory Youth Repertory Orchestra
09.2017 - 06.2018

Section Violinist

NEC Junior Repertory Orchestra
09.2016 - 06.2017

Section Violinist

Mozart Mentors Orchestra
09.2015 - 03.2020

Bachelor of Music - Violin Performance

Boston Conservatory At Berklee

Violin Performance

New England Conservatory Preparatory School
Joshua Rosenthal