Karen Strittmatter Galvin joined the North Carolina Symphony as Assistant Concertmaster in 2007. She has made multiple concerto solo appearances with the orchestra, including performing Nico Muhly’s concerto for six-string electric violin (Seeing is Believing), Anna Clyne’s Prince of Clouds, and Tabula Rasa (Arvo Pärt). An advocate for new music, Galvin is founder and curator of […]
Anna Black is serving as Acting Associate Concertmaster of the North Carolina Symphony in the 2025/26 season; she joined NCS as Assistant Concertmaster in May of 2023. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University, where she studied with David Kim, Robert McDuffie, and Amy Schwartz Moretti, and a […]
Justin Bruns comes to Raleigh from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, where he held the position of Associate Concertmaster. He was previously Assistant Concertmaster at the Colorado Symphony. A seasoned orchestral leader and passionate chamber musician, Bruns is concertmaster of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music and Bellingham Music Festival, and has served as guest concertmaster […]
