加拿大音樂學院主席 約瑟夫．埃爾沃西，是當代著名大提琴獨奏家，室內內演奏家，曾於多處著名演奏廳如美國卡內基大廳演出。約瑟夫畢業於耶魯大學，獲頒加拿大皇家音樂學院的研究生榮譽，以表揚其對加拿大藝術的貢獻，並在百代、索尼、拿索斯等灌錄唱片，獲頒加拿大多個奬學金。

約瑟夫曾為著名學府如北京音樂學院、哈佛大學等擔任客席樂師，他創辦鋼琴重奏樂隊「Koerner」，是加拿大音樂學院首個駐院室內樂團。2013年，約瑟夫獲委任為香港虎豹音樂基金的西樂顧問，為溫哥華與香港搭建音樂教育橋樑，他曾在溫哥華交響樂團工作12年，直至2014。

President & CEO of the Vancouver Academy of Music, Joseph Elworthy has been a featured soloist, recitalist, and chamber music performer on such stages as Alice Tully Hall, Suntory Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Library of Congress, and Sejong Hall. Mr. Elworthy has been named a Fellow of The Royal Conservatory of Music for his extraordinary contribution to Canadian Arts and Culture, an honor he shares with such cultural icons as Oscar Peterson, Robertson Davies, Adrienne Clarkson and Leon Fleisher. His recordings can be heard on EMI, Sony, Archtype, Naxos and Bose record labels. In addition to receiving the Sylva Gelber Award of $15,000, Joseph has been the recipient of multiple Canada Council career grants exceeding $50,000. Mr. Elworthy is a graduate of Yale University where he was the recipient of the Aldo Parisot – Yo-Yo Ma Prize – the highest honour issued by Yale to a graduating cellist.

Mr. Elworthy has been a visiting artist at the Beijing Conservatory, Harvard University, Royal Northern College of Music, Glenn Gould School, and the Royal Conservatory of Music. Joseph Elworthy co-founded the Koerner Piano Trio, the first chamber ensemble in residence at the Vancouver Academy of Music. In 2013, Mr. Elworthy was appointed as Western Music Advisor for the newly established Haw Par Music Foundation – a collaborative educational initiative linking Vancouver and Hong Kong. Joseph Elworthy was a member of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra for 12 years before retiring from the orchestra in 2014. Joseph plays on a rare Ferdinando Gagliano circa 1760 that once belonged to the legendary German cellist, Hugo Becker.