Rohan Joshi is a distinguished violist and educator based in Austin, Texas, originally from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He currently serves as Adjunct Professor of Viola at Huston-Tillotson University and as Lead High Strings Teaching Artist with Austin Soundwaves, where he helps advance the organization’s mission of accessible and equitable music education.

A recent graduate of the University of Maryland, where he served as a graduate assistant to Prof. Katherine Murdock, Rohan has twice been awarded fellowships to the National Orchestral Institute (2018/2022). He has also been in residence at the Scotia Festival of Music and the Harvard Summer Chamber Music Festival as a founding member of the Hugo Quartet, receiving coaching from members of the Arneis, Pacifica, Muir, and St. Lawrence Quartets.

An active and passionate orchestral musician, Rohan’s performances have taken him from Boston Symphony Hall to Detroit Symphony Hall. He has performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, was a member of the New England Philharmonic, recorded with NAXOS for the American Masterworks series, and collaborated with renowned conductors such as Marin Alsop, Joanne Falleta, and the late Bramwell Tovey. Currently, Rohan is the Principal Violist of the Central Texas Philharmonic, a core member of Austin Unconducted, a substitute with the San Antonio Philharmonic, Austin Opera, and Austin Symphony, and a regular freelancer.

Rohan holds a BM/BA in Viola Performance and Political Science from Boston University and an MM in Viola Performance from the University of Maryland. His principal teachers include Daniel Doña, Katherine Murdock, Michelle LaCourse, Hye Min Choi, and Nenad Djordjevic. He has also participated in lessons and masterclasses with prominent pedagogues such as Daniel Foster, CJ Chang, Joan DerHovsepian, Sharon Wei, Mark Holloway, Juan-Miguel Hernandez, Matthew Young, and Karin Brown.

Believing in the universal right to musical creativity and expression, Rohan’s teaching approach emphasizes accessibility and diversity. His flexible, individual, and holistic teaching style focuses on technique, appreciation, and interpretation, strongly aligning with Paolo Freire’s “problem-posing” method.

In his spare time, Rohan enjoys hiking, going to the gym, reading and writing about music on his newsletter Highway 61, listening to indie music, making pourovers, reading Continental philosophy, writing, and composing—often in the company of his greyhound.