Born and raised in Colorado, violinist Joanna Maurer has performed as a soloist, recitalist, chamber and orchestral musician throughout the United States, as well as in Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, and Italy. She has been featured countless times on National Public Radio’s Performance Today and on local radio stations throughout the United States. Ms. Maurer has been hailed by the Washington Post as an “incisive, sweet-toned” violinist with “flawless phrasing,” leading “extraordinary… stunning…(and) …utterly committed” performances as violinist of the American Chamber Players.

Since 2003, Ms. Maurer has performed as an Associate Musician in the first violin section of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. She also performs with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO), the Lincoln Center Festival Orchestra (formerly Mostly Mozart), the Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival and as concertmaster on numerous film scores, television scores, and studio albums.

After initial studies with her parents, James and Jacqueline Maurer, Ms. Maurer received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at The Juilliard School where she studied with Dorothy DeLay and Robert Mann. She has won first prizes in a number of competitions, including the Aspen Music Festival’s E. Nakamichi Violin Competition, and the National MTNA Selmer Competition.

Passionate about protecting the work of musicians, Ms. Maurer serves as the co-chair of the Associate Musicians of the Metropolitan Opera, the secretary of the Recording Musicians Association - New York, and the 2nd vice president of the Recording Musicians Association - International. She is a founding member of Salix Piano Trio together with cellist Alberto Parrini and pianist Anna Stoytcheva.