Santa Rosa Symphony’s concertmaster Joseph Edelberg has performed for many years with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, the San Francisco Opera and American Bach Soloists. He has appeared as guest leader with many Bay Area groups, including the Berkeley Symphony, the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, Magnificat Baroque Orchestra, American Bach Soloists and the California Symphony. Farther afield, he has appeared at the Grand Teton Music Festival in Wyoming, and as concertmaster at the Summer Festival Orchestras of Mendocino and San Louis Obispo.

Adding to his repertoire are the years spent with the Sierra String Quartet and the new music group Earplay. Edelberg has made solo appearances with the symphonies of Oakland and Berkeley, as well as with the Santa Rosa Symphony. He has recorded with the baroque orchestras mentioned above, the Berkeley Symphony, Chanticleer and Earplay.

Edelberg is a graduate of Amherst College in his native Massachusetts. He has studied with Phillip Naegele, Felix Galimir and John Baron.