Joshua Romatowski is a versatile performing artist in the Seattle area. Joshua’s playing has been described as “elegantly shaped” (San Francisco Examiner) “with graceful intimacy” (San Francisco Classical Voice). Joshua holds a Master of Music in Flute Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and a Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance from the University of Texas at Austin, as well as an Artist Diploma in Early Music from the Cornish College of the Arts. Joshua has appeared with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Ukiah Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Healdsburg, and the St. Claire Shores Symphony. In 2014, Joshua placed 3rd in the Seattle Flute Society Young Artist Competition and was a winner of the Ladies Musical Club of Seattle Frances Walton Competition.
Joshua is also an accomplished baroque flute performer. Winner of the 2012 San Francisco Conservatory of Music Baroque Concerto Competition, Joshua performed C.P.E. Bach’s Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in D Minor on baroque flute with the SFCM Baroque Ensemble. Joshua has performed in San Diego with the Pacific Bach Project and in San Francisco with MUSA, the Alchemy Trio and the Albany Consort. In 2014, Joshua was one of the selected winners of the Early Music America summer workshop scholarships. Joshua has participated in the American Bach Soloists Summer Academy in 2013 and 2014, and the Vancouver Early Music Festival in 2014. During the past season Joshua appeared with the American Bach Soloists (San Francisco), Queen City Musicians (Seattle), MUSA (San Francisco), Agave Baroque (Los Angeles), Portland Baroque Orchestra (Portland), and the Byron Schenkman and Friends (Seattle) concert series. On baroque flute, Joshua has received lessons from Janet See, Sandra Miller, Wilbert Hazelzet, Stephen Schultz, Philippe Allaine-Dupre, and Greer Ellison.