Joyu Lee

Joyu Lee, is the owner of Music and Your Mind, LLC, and a founding member of the Atlas String Trio. Joyu is the principal cellist with Tar River Orchestra & Chorus, and performs regularly with the Carolina Ballet and the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle. For the 2019-2020 season, she was Assistant Principal Cello with Opera Carolina in Charlotte, NC. From 2008 – 2012, Joyu was a cellist with the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra, Japan. Joyu has 20+ years of combined international experiences in cello performance, music education, creative/expressive arts therapy, and arts administration. She is a Senior Therapist at UNC Health in Chapel Hill, NC, and is a Fellow of the Association for Music and Imagery. Joyu is also a Music Breathing practitioner and a Narrative Therapist specializing in performance anxiety and mindfulness training. Joyu completed her Music Therapy degree from Appalachian State University (Boone, NC) and has been a Board-Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC) since 2014. She received a Bachelors in Cello Performance from the National Taiwan Normal University (Taipei, Taiwan), and received a special honors award with a Masters in Cello Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music (Cleveland, OH).