Hailing from upstate New York, Joanna Smith has been playing upright and electric bass professionally for the past ten years. She received her Bachelor of Arts in music from the University of Mary Washington (UMW) in 2012, spending four years in the UMW Philharmonic, Jazz Band and pit orchestra studying under Chief Master Sgt. Paul Henry. Now local to Fredericksburg, Virginia, she can often be seen playing with various groups in styles ranging from jazz to bluegrass and rock. Joanna regularly plays in the Riverside Center for the Performing Arts's pit orchestra. Her most recent projects include playing bass for Jon Tyler Wiley & His Virginia Choir and was recently featured in No Treble magazine’s ongoing “Wonder Women of Bass” series. She is thrilled to be making her Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre debut!