Joanna Owen

First Violins - Associate Concertmaster

Joanna Owen joined the Maryland Symphony as Associate Concertmaster in 2003. A native of Poland, she first came to the United States to pursue her musical studies at Interlochen. She has since gone on to earn Masters Degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the San Francisco Conservatory, and in 2001 and completed her doctorate at Eastman. Her major teachers include Zvi Zeitlin, Camilla Wicks and Charles Castleman.

Dr. Owen is a recipient of Dorothy Sterling Award for an Outstanding Violinist, Lorenz Scholar Award as well as travel grants to study in Italy and Austria. She has performed with the Rochester Philharmonic, Syracuse Symphony, the New World Symphony, The National Philharmonic, and many others. She divides her time between Rochester and the Washington DC area where she is an active freelance performer and educator.