Meet Joe Kaminsky Joseph Kaminsky is a first violinist in the Kammerguild Chamber Orchestra, a member of the Bach Society Orchestra and a member of the St. Louis Ballet Orchestra. Formerly a member of the Illinois Symphony, Mr. Kaminsky has also played concertmaster of the Belleville Philharmonic and the Kirkwood Symphony Orchestra. He has performed as soloist with the Gateway Festival Orchestra, the Kirkwood Symphony, and the Kammerquild Chamber Orchestra. He performed on tour with the Chautauqua Festival Orchestra in Avery Fisher Hall in New York City. In demand as a free lance violinist, Mr. Kaminsky has played backup to many artists including the Moody Blues, Pavoratti, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Ray Charles, Jimmy Page, Dennis DeYoung, Bread, Sandy Patti, Tony Bennet, and Barry Manilow. He is also kept quite busy as a violin teacher, teaching at UMSL, Maryville University, in his home-based studio, at the Kirkwood School District, and as a guest clinician in 28 states, Mexico, Canada, and Japan. A proud father, his sons are named Nicholas and Daniel.

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