Karen Strittmatter Galvin

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*

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

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 […]

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