Biography

Joshua Boyd began studying piano at the age of nine in the small town of Mars Hill, North Carolina. When his family moved to South Carolina he studied piano and organ with Fran Pinson. In 2009 he was accepted into the piano department of Dr. Stephen Taylor at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 2015 with a degree in organ performance where he frequently performed with the University’s Symphony Orchestra, University Philharmonia Orchestra, and University Choirs. He has performed in many venues across the United States including the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as part of their Conservatory Project concert series and The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Joshua has been featured on the radio broadcast PIPEDREAMS produced by American Public Media in a recital given at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, MI. In 2017, Joshua was chosen to participate in the first Longwood Gardens Organ Academy for a week of masterclasses and private coachings with the world’s foremost authorities in transcriptions and orchestral playing. From 2017-2021 he earned a Masters Degree and a Performance Diploma in Organ Performance from the studio of Stefan Engels at Southern Methodist University. Upon completing these degree programs, he was hired as a Staff Accompanist at SMU, beginning in August of 2021. After finishing a two year Organ Scholar position at the Church of the Incarnation and serving as Organist and Choirmaster at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church for two years, he is currently Parish Organist of St. Rita Catholic Church in Dallas.