Joy Baxter
Instrument
Violin
Instrument
Violin
When did you start playing your instrument?
When I was 3 1/2.
What do you do when you’re not playing in the LSO?
Raise my children and volunteer. My work background is a PhD Chemical Engineer.
When, or how, did you come to join the orchestra?
This is my second tour of duty with the LSO. I played with this orchestra in the 80’s and 90’s and then took leave for several years before rejoining in 2004.
Does the instrument you play on have a story?
I play an 1883 J.B. Collin-Mezin (see Thomas Collum’s answers for history). It was the instrument my dad bought at a strip mall music store as his instrument to learn violin with me by the Suzuki method when I was just 3 1/2 years old.
Are you originally from Lansdowne/Philadelphia?
No. I grew up near Orlando, FL. I have also lived near Chicago, IL, Santa Barbara, CA, and Ansonia, CT.
Who is your favorite superhero?
Batman.