About Pro Musica Joplin

For over four decades, we’ve championed one belief: everyone deserves access to the highest quality classical chamber music.

Our Chamber Series presents touring national and international ensembles free-of-charge to the public. Musicians also engage in rich Arts Education residencies with area public, private, and home school students, and facilitate masterclasses with Missouri Southern State University students.

We also host an annual ticketed Jazz Concert benefit, produce intergenerational Bach-A-Bye Baby concerts in partnership with the Joplin Library, and present outreach performances at assisted living centers, hospitals, domestic violence shelters; and cultivate the next generation of classical music fans with adventurous presentations in coffee shops, restaurants, and outdoors.

We rely on the support of dozens of donors, business sponsors, foundations, and taxpayers via Missouri Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Board of Directors

Lori Marble, President, Director of Strategic Innovation, Mercy Hospital Joplin

Justin Thomas, Vice President, Owner, The Wild Flower

Alexander B. Curchin, Esq., Treasurer, Director, Crossland Construction

Martin Williams, Secretary, CFO, CoxMonett Hospital (ret.)

Wally Bloss, Executive Director, Cache Valley Center for the Arts (ret.)

Cleo Copeland, Owner, Cleo’s Framing & Design

Sally Currence, Special Event Coordinator, Freeman Health System

Nicholas Kyle, Department Chair & Professor of Art, Missouri Southern State University (ret.)

Judson L. Fisher, Staff Vice President, Segment Reporting, Leggett & Platt (ret.)

Kathy Stammer, Accountant, Ozark Christian College (ret.)

Emily Stanley, philanthropist and Friends of St. Avips member

Annette Thurston, Executive Director, Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Four States

Directors Emeritus: Cynthia H. Schwab (Founder), Joy S. Cragin, Dorothy B. Willcoxon, & Dale Blanchard

Organizations are listed for identification purposes only, and do not imply an affiliation.

About our Executive Director

Emlyn Johnson (she/her) currently serves as Executive Director of Pro Musica. Emlyn’s background as a classically trained flutist, educator, and presenter eventually led her to Missouri, where she teaches in the music department at Missouri State University, co-directs the American Wild Ensemble, and performs regularly around the state and beyond. Emlyn holds a doctorate from the Eastman School of Music and additional degrees from Eastman and the University of Michigan.