Joanna Mulfinger graduated from Bob Jones University and continued her education at the Peabody Conservatory, receiving a Master’s Degree under the tutelage of renowned Russian pedagogue Victor Danchenko.  She has pursued additional summer music studies at the Juilliard School in New York, the Hanns Eisler Hochschule Fur Musik in Berlin, and other festivals in France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and Canada.    Since returning to Greenville, she has developed a large studio of private students and has been on the Adjunct Faculty of several local universities.  As a chamber musician, Joanna is a member of several ensembles including the Mulfinger String Quartet, Trio Tapestry (violin, guitar, cello) and Triptych Musica (violin, horn, piano).  She is also an active orchestral musician.  Since 2003, she has been Principal Second Violin of the Greenville Symphony, and is now Concertmaster of the Spartanburg Philharmonic, where she programmed and led a concert of Baroque music in January 2025.  Joanna performs on a 1653 Nicolo Amati violin, a violin she inherited from her mother.