About

Joseph Morag, acclaimed by the New York Times for his "gorgeous tone," and "physically expressive cues," has been a prolific member of the New York City musical scene for nearly 30 years. Growing up, he served as concertmaster of the New York Youth Symphony, Columbia University Orchestra, and Monteux Festival Orchestra. He is now entering his 10th consecutive season as concertmaster of the Chelsea Symphony and is a section violinist in the Syracuse Orchestra, Second Ending Ensemble, and National Youth Symphony Alumni Chamber Orchestra. Joseph has numerous solo appearances with orchestras including the Vancouver Symphony, Scottsdale Sympony, Orchestra of Northern Arizona, Columbia University Orchestra, Empire Chamber Orchestra, New York Youth Symphony, National Orchestral Institute Festival Orchestra, and Lake Union Civic Orchestra. In the summer of 2022, he filled in for a performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto on five hours notice with the Monteux Festival Orchestra.

Joseph studied violin with Anna Pelekh and Aaron Rosand, and conducting with JD Gersen, Victor Yampolsky, and Michael Jinbo. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in physics from Columbia University, magna cum laude, and a Master’s degree from New York University in music technology. Outside of music, Joseph enjoys skiing, cycling, boxing, and computer programming, and works as a software engineer at CrowdStrike designing programming languages.