Joie T. Kuo is a cellist from New Jersey. She studies with Clara Minhye Kim in the Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division. She was named a 2024 YoungArts Winner and was a quarterfinalist in the Fischoff National Chamber Competition in the same year with her piano trio, among other honors. A passionate orchestral musician, Joie has served as the principal cellist of the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra. She has loved spending summers at the senior division of the Heifetz International Music Institute (2022-2024) and the Taipei Music Academy and Festival (2024).