Clarinetist and conductor Dr. Joanna McCoskey Wiltshire joined the faculty of The College of New Jersey as Artist-Teacher of Clarinet and Associate Director of Bands in 2026. An active and committed performer, Wiltshire has appeared at international and national gatherings of the International Clarinet Association, The College Music Society, and The North American Saxophone Alliance, as well as at the American Single Reed Summit, The North Carolina Music Educator’s Association Conference, and Sigma Alpha Iota’s Annual National Conference. She has performed with the Newark Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Wind Symphony, Greensboro Symphony, Winston-Salem Symphony, Greensboro Opera, Wilmington Community Orchestra, Piedmont Wind Symphony, and Charleston Symphony Orchestra. A noted champion of new music, Wiltshire has commissioned and been part of numerous consortiums, including recent projects for composers such as Stacy Garrop, Jenni Brandon, Theresa Martin, Mikhail Johnson, Brian Nabors, Jessica Mays, John Russell, Robin McLaughlin, Megan DiGeorgio, Pax Ressler, Joshua Weitz and Dalton Regnier. 

An in-demand educator for large ensembles and clarinet studios across the United States, Wiltshire has recently offered band clinics and conducting workshops across the Eastern Seaboard and clarinet masterclasses at the Lawrence Conservatory, Slippery Rock University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Pittsburgh’s ‘Steel City Clarinet Day.’ In 2024, Wiltshire served as sabbatical replacement at the University of Delaware, where she also appeared as a soloist with the UD Wind Ensemble, performing James M. David’s concerto “Auto ‘66.” Previous teaching appointments include the non-profit organization Play on Philly, the University of Delaware Georgetown, and the Music School of Delaware, and the UNCSA Community Music School. Wiltshire currently serves as the Delaware State Chair for the International Clarinet Association.

Wiltshire completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Clarinet Performance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she also completed a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Clarinet Performance. Her dissertation document, “Employing Speech Disorder Research to Clarinet Pedagogy,” explores the ways common speech disorder interventions may be modified for use as clarinet teaching practices. She holds MM degrees in both Clarinet and Wind Conducting and a BM in Music Education from the University of Delaware. Her primary teachers have included Andy Hudson, Anthony Taylor, Chris Nichols, and Michael Knight (clarinet) and Lauren Reynolds and Chad Nicholson (conducting). Before entering higher education, Wiltshire was a successful middle school educator in the Seaford, DE public school system.