Joan Kinsella

Joan Kinsella received her Bachelor of Music degree in cello performance from the University of Southern California and studied at Syracuse University in a graduate string fellowship program. She has been a member of the cello faculty at the Hochstein School of Music and Dance in Rochester, NY since 1991 and was the Registrar and Dean of Students from 1994 to 2001. She currently holds the position of co-chair of the string department and coordinator of the Suzuki String Program. As a performer, Ms. Kinsella has been a member of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and the Syracuse Camerata Chamber Orchestra. In Rochester, she has performed with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, The Rochester Oratorio Chamber Orchestra, and the Rochester Broadway Theatre League. Ms. Kinsella appears regularly as a chamber music performer and is active as a free-lance musician.