Joy Hodges Branagan has been playing horn professionally since 1997, while still a student at the Manhattan School of Music. Upon graduation in May of 1998, she won a position as Second Horn in the San Antonio Symphony, where she played until 2003. While in San Antonio, Joy was a member of the San Antonio Brass and was on the faculty at St. Mary’s University, as well as being active as a performer and teacher throughout South Texas.

In December of 2003 Joy moved to Washington D.C. and immediately began playing with notable symphony orchestras in the area including the Baltimore Symphony, National Symphony, Richmond Symphony, and the orchestra of the Baltimore Opera.
In the spring of 2006, Joy was a guest artist with the Cobb Symphony Orchestra in her hometown of Marietta, Georgia. In the summer of 2007, Joy was on the faculty of Bar Harbor Brass Week in Bar Harbor, Maine, and the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Joy received her musical training from The University of Georgia and the Manhattan School of Music. Currently Joy is Second Horn with the Richmond Symphony and Adjunct Professor of Horn at Towson University.

Office: CA 2105
Phone: 410-704-2839
Email: jbranagan@towson.edu