violin/viola

Joy Schuster graduated, with honors, from Michigan State University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Music Education. Joy then went on to teach in the beautiful state of Maine where she was teaching full time as a “string specialist” in Grades 3–8. In 1989, Joy immigrated to Canada where she taught with the Hamilton school board and the Hamilton Suzuki School of Music.

Joy also played with the Niagara Symphony during her years in Hamilton. In 1993, Joy moved to Denver, Colorado, where she completed a Master of Arts in Suzuki Pedagogy. Upon graduation, Joy was elected a member of the Society of Pi Kappa Lambda. In 1996, Joy moved back to her home town of Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she taught with the Grand Rapids Community College Suzuki program and directed a Music Together program. In 2000, Joy moved back to Canada and began teaching at the Guelph Suzuki String School in 2004. Joy is presently the concertmaster of the Cambridge Community Orchestra.

In 2019, Joy was appointed conductor of the GYMC String Orchestras.