Joshua Thrush performs Bach's Cello Suite No. 2, I. Prelude! | Daily Joy

16-year-old double bassist and From the Top alum Joshua Thrush performs Cello Suite No. 2, I. Prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)!

Joshua is participating in From the Top's Musicians with Disabilities Celebration. Throughout the spring, Daily Joy is spotlighting young disabled and/or neurodivergent musicians who will share their talents and tell their stories in their own words.

Joshua Thrush attends James Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia and has studied the double bass for seven years under the instruction of Ira Gold of the National Symphony. Joshua is a 2023 and 2024 YoungArts Merit Winner and a fourth-year Youth Fellow with the National Symphony Orchestra. He performed at Carnegie Hall as part of the 2023 New York String Orchestra Seminar and 2023 National Youth Orchestra (NYO-USA) and is the 2024 winner of the Richmond Symphony League's Concerto Competition. Joshua is principal bass for the American Youth Philharmonic and the James Madison High School Chamber Orchestra as well as principal bass of the 2021-2023 Virginia Regional and State Orchestras.

Joshua achieved first place in Penn State's 2023 Mock Orchestral Audition Competition, the 2023 American Youth Philharmonic Concerto Competition, the Louisiana Bass Fest age 15-18 Solo Competition, the National Federation of Music Clubs Joyce Walsh Junior Disability Award, and the Joseph and Goldie Intermediate Level Feder Memorial String Competition. In 2023, Joshua was also a semifinalist in the International Society of Bassists biennial age 15-18 solo competition and earned Honorable Mention in both the Walgreens National Concerto Competition and the U.S. Army Orchestra Young Artist Competition. In 2021, Joshua won the American Youth Symphonic Orchestra Solo Competition and received first place recognition in the International Society of Bassists (ISB) 14 and under Solo Competition. He has played in masterclasses for Joel Quarrington, Alexander Hanna, Francois Rabbath, Paul Ellison, and Xavier Foley. Joshua also teaches double bass lessons for younger students through his high school’s elementary music outreach program. When not playing bass, Joshua enjoys fishing, boating, cooking, and weightlifting. He intends to pursue a career in classical double bass performance.

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