Violinist, Teacher

Joseph Kromholz is Assistant Professor of Music at Luther College, where he teaches violin and coaches chamber music. He was previously head of strings at Youngstown State University and taught music theory at New England Conservatory. A founding member of the Dana Piano Trio and the Vesuvius String Quartet, he is now a member of the Luther College Piano Quartet.

As an orchestral musician, Joseph served in leadership positions in CityMusic Chamber Orchestra, Opera Western Reserve, the Warren Philharmonic, Youngstown Symphony, Hauptstadt Sinfonieorchester Berlin, and Orchestre Symphonique de Luxembourg.

Born in New York and raised in Reston, Virginia, Joseph studied violin at the Cleveland Institute of Music and economics at Case Western Reserve University, followed by a doctorate from New England Conservatory. His teachers include Paul Kantor, Miriam Fried, Itzhak Perlman, Peter Salaff, Violaine Melançon, Emil Chudnovsky, Ronda Cole, and members of the Cavani, Cleveland, Juilliard, and Takács string quartets.

Joseph is a founding faculty member of Encore Chamber Music Institute, and he has served on the board and as its president. He is a summer faculty member at Kinhaven Music School in Weston, Vermont.