Dr. Joshua Bermudez has been passionate about classical music since he can remember. Although his undergraduate degree was in business, he remained highly active in music throughout college. He studied cello with the late Dr. James Stroud, played in university and local orchestras, established his school’s official string quartet, and produced a daily classical music radio show. After graduation, he formed a chamber ensemble, Con Brio which performed yearly concerts in the Chattanooga, TN area. Dr. Bermudez completed a master’s degree in Musicology at the University of Maryland before completing a second master’s degree in cello performance, studying with Benjamin Karp at the University of Kentucky. There he performed with the Niles String Quartet, was co-principal of the UK Symphony Orchestra, and was a substitute cellist in the Lexington Philharmonic.

Dr. Bermudez recently completed his doctoral degree at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Ilya Finkelshteyn, principal cellist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Bermudez is cofounder and president of the historically-informed ensemble Seven Hills Baroque, in which he plays baroque cello, and is an adjunct professor of cello at Thomas More University and music history at Wilmington College.